Invoked

A group of friends travel to a deserted hostel in an isolated area of Ireland. After a long road trip they have to travel to it by row boat (which they do in the dark of night).

When they arrive at the hostel there is no electric so they are in darkness. They begin drinking and smoking weed and decide it would be 'fun' to play the Ouija board game by using a glass and paper.

They appear to make contact with a spirit who doesn't want to say goodbye which freaks one of the girls out. Strange things begin occurring which escalate as the movie progresses.

This is a found footage style movie which, initially, is one of the better of the genre. The acting is initially excellent, very believable; the banter and chatting between the characters is very fluid and natural. The characters are happy, fun and likable. There is a subtle depth between them, showing solid relationships, affection and care.

The beginning of the movie is really good and engaging but as it progresses it loses it's grip on you as the script and story begin to become shallow, predictable and annoying.

Sadly there is a lack of originality, this has all been done before - and better. The characters begin to become extremely irritating with constant shrieking and screaming from the female characters which becomes unbearable at the end, so much so that I had to turn the volume down.

The ending comes with basically no explanation of what has gone on or why. It's so disappointing as at the beginning the movie had so much promise. I have rated it a two purely on the quality at the beginning.

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.

It looked promising at first , but I lost interest half way through and the CONSTANT screaming and yelling was infuriating ,especially from the female actors. I always get frustrated when people in horror movies do that I end up shouting at the screen because of it 🤣

It's just a typical movie like all the others using camera footage.

I normally like these type of movies but it wasn't for me also the ending oh my gosh!!!

No wonder it was shot in only 3 days but I get there's limited budgeting in some movies.

But still it could of been better it was so disappointing hence me only giving it 2 stars.

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!?

Unless you actually want to waste your time then go ahead watch this film. It's the most uninteresting Irish paranormal film I have ever come across. The storyline was what caught my eye but the actual film didn't really correlate with the name and the cover. For 45 minutes of the film the most exciting thing that happened was the couples having sex! Heading towards the end of the film Aaron and Paddy went scraps and that was the best fight I've seen since McGregor. Moral of the story is, the film is sh*t. Don't watch it, unless maybe you're drunk or high. Other reviews here stated that there was decent CGI, I can safely tell you that the "CGI" was an utter joke, and looked to be done by a 3 year old. I am usually the type who gives movies a chance before judging it, however from the start I just knew this movie was going to be one of the worst things I've ever watched, and let me tell you - I have watched a lot movies okay. Save yourself experiencing the reoccurring thought of "what the actual f*ck" and do not watch this. You've been warned pals.