Paranormal Prison

Most low-budget found-footage movies based on the paranormal investigation theme seem to be horrible. This one is better than many, but it's still not great. The acting isn't bad and the overall story is okay. I do like the concept of a haunted prison.

It's the typical hand-held camera investigation theme. If they stuck to just the camera recording scenes it might not have been a waste of time. But every so often they had to throw in some heartfelt sob story about their past and the acting was REALLY bad. I mean stage drama, Shatner as Capt. Kirk, overacting, bad.

This is not the type of movie that you can rate like a top notch horror flick with millions of dollars in budget. The story was engaging enough to distract and was good for what it is a low budget horror flick. Unlike most of the ones I see though the acting was not bad at all that was my basis for an extra star. I have a movie rating system of my own and that is if I turn off my Scrabble Go while I'm watching it definitely wasn't terrible 😂 I saw a review on this site a few days ago that really resonated with me and that is that people are so strict and persnickety when they review that people wonder why we don't have any original content anymore and only have rehash trash marvel movies and cash grab sympathy drivel and the answer is that it's because of us. The first person who questioned the "realism" in a fantasy or Sci Fi movie giving it 1 star started a downward spiral and caused people not to watch on the basis of that one star. Frankly studios won't risk anything anymore because they cannot afford to. If this movie had access to a bigger budget it probably could have been great.

No wonder that the 2021 horror movie "Paranormal Prison" snuck in under the radar. This movie was pretty bad.

When I sit down to watch a movie, I don't like throwing money, time or effort after a movie with the presentation of something that I could have made myself with my own digital video camera - heck, even with a mobile phone camera. And "Paranormal Prison" is exactly that, one such amateurish-feel movie. I loathe movies that feel like you are supposed to be right there with the cast, given the dubious and shoddy camera that is all over the place.

And of course, any movie with the word "Paranormal" in the title is just bound to be bad. So far I haven't seen a single movie with that word in its title that provided me with proper entertainment. So no, I am not a fan of the dubious "Paranormal Activity" franchise either.

The storyline told in "Paranormal Prison" definitely had some appeal to it and some interesting aspects. But it was just brutally slaughtered by the 'found footage' type of movie that director Brian Jagger opted for. Had it been filmed and presented as a proper movie, then writers Brian Jagger and Randall Reese definitely were on the right track with the storyline here.

The acting in the movie was adequate enough, taking into consideration the rubbish movie that they were in. I wasn't familiar with anyone on the cast list, which is something that I like in movies. But it just hardly mattered in "Paranormal Prison", as the movie was ruined by the camera work. However, I can't really claim that the character gallery in the movie was particularly outstanding or memorable.

"Paranormal Prison" came and went without as much as a shudder, much less leaving a lasting impression. I managed to suffer through it to the end, and believe me, this is not a movie that I will be watching a second time. Nor is it a movie that I would recommend you wasting your time, money or effort on.

My rating of the 2021 horror movie "Paranormal Prison" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.

Acting wasn't too bad, abit rigid. The story line is horrific which makes the movie terrible.