Invoked

10 minutes in and I was already hating every single one of the protagonists. They were all equally annoying, generic and stupid. The only thing that kept me from walking out on the movie was the prospect of seeing every one of those "characters" getting chopped to pieces.

Good Horror movies usually try to form some sort of bond between the viewer and the protagonists so that the casualties end up mattering. Well, you won't be seeing any of that in this movie.

The same applies for character development. If you like one- dimensional characters this movie will be a treat for you.

And don't even get me started on the fake/Ghetto DIY Ouija board. That scene was beyond horrible. I was literally confused as to whether I was supposed to laugh or just shake my head in disbelief.

As soon as you meet the main characters their personality becomes apparent. Personality is singular because they all have the same one: annoying grade-school child. from the start of the movie they are constantly talking, playing stupid jokes and laughing at butts several times.

The plot is not surprising in any way. If you've seen any ghost story plot this one is not much different. The only difference between this and a ghost story is the character development they borrowed from slashers, by having the characters annoy each other as well as the audience as well as getting drunk and high which never should be mistaken for characterization. This movie was agonizing and the only reason why I watched it all is because I never ended a movie early before.

Being a fan of the Found Footage gene I have had to sit through some abysmal tripe, but this bilge must be close to the worst, the only saving grace of this disaster is the hotness of the female leads, the rest is nonsense, tropes abound in this turd of film, shot for some reason in near darkness, chills, scares virtually zero apart from the fact this garbage ever got a release.

A film that lacks any form of substance is going to get a very brief review from me. This is another found footage film, a genre which I totally disapprove of.

I can't even think of anything to say in a review as there really isn't anything to point out in the movie other than how crap it is. This movie is an hour and half of shaky camera work and screaming with all the actors arguing over the top of each other non stop. Its painfully frustrating.

Its unforgivably awful. Think of all the time, effort and money the cast and crew could have been investing into other recreational activities instead of giving birth to this frightful abomination of celluloid.

Why am I even reviewing this movie? Why am I giving it any more attention that I already did by falling into the trap of watching it!?

..and entertaining is sadly something I cannot say for many, many horror films these days. Much different is the fact that I continue to be disappointed by the vast majority of horror genre movies.

Quite some time ago I gave up on having any expectations in regards to "theatrically" released horror films. I don't know exactly why but the powers-that-be who pick/choose what films are worthy of any type of release(be it wide release, or minimum release) into theaters..their picks of movies have continued to go from bad to worse..to even the bottom of the barrel, in terms of any quality content whatsoever.

Due to that fact I have become more and more open to finding, and even seeking out, what are known as independent/indie films, as well as what critics would label as B-grade horror films..and in all honesty it is in those "type" movies that I have found entertaining horror genre films. I've found time and time again great, thrilling content..and sometimes come across those little indie flicks that are truly, real gems!

No doubt there are tons of them that are worthless, but hey, I've found that the high dollar, theatrically released films are just the same in being worthless so, so much of the time..and especially here, recently I've found that there are actually more indie horror flicks that by far, and wide, surpass the quality/content of the "big-name" horror films.

"Invoked" isn't one of those truly, fine gems of a horror, but it is an entertaining flick that actually had some chills/thrills, which is much more than I can say for multi-multi-million dollar horror films like the recently released Sinister 2.