Strawberry Estates

There's something ridiculous about the found footage genre that I tend to find endearing...

if you saw a squirrel you'd have thought it was the antichrist!"

~Strawberry Estates

Worst thing about this movie is the awful "acting". Some, like the student, are ok. Others, like the professor and psychic are just bad. Like reading from a script at that very moment bad. The actress playing the student is very likable and adorable so it makes up for her not so great acting. The video quality is bad but it's supposed to be so that's ok. Scratch my first sentence: the worst thing about this movie is the talk talk talk talk. Talking about nonsense that has nothing to do with the plot. Why have a 10 minute argument about God? Just get on with the ghostly stuff.

This film is about as terrible as The St. Francisville Experiment. Here's why: (1) About 99% of the film is talking...(2) The acting is not believable whatsoever...(3) Did I say about 99% of the film is talking?

Well, there you have it. Watch Cannibal Holocaust or even The Blair Witch Project before watching this crap. Like I said, it ranks down there with The St. Francisville Experiment. Avoid!

The wide availability of video equipment curses the viewing audience with boring crap like this. Ron Bonk not a clue on how to make a movie. This piece of offal is like a bad high school play.

I literally had to hit myself to stay awake to see what happens at the climax...and when it got there... nothing happened.

Here the characters are in a building that is the gateway to hell and they all act like it no big thing. This is less than amateur acting level. It is embarrassing to watch.

I never thought I would see something worse than BLAIR WITCH... I was wrong. This is beyond bad.

Avoid.

I don't know why I do this to myself. After having read a hilarious review at SomethingAwful.com, and having a weakness for both found-footage and B-movies, I decided to take the plunge and rent this movie. Thank God it was only a couple of dollars! It's an insult to Blair Witch Project when any comparison is made of this POS to Blair. This movie (and I use the term loosely) was a travesty: the acting was atrocious, the characters were despicable (I wished them all dead within a couple of minutes of being introduced), the sound was hilarious (particularly scenes where the wind blocked the voices, so they used sub-titles - yeah, that's realistic for "found footage").

There are some movies I've watched that have nearly been this bad (thank God only a couple), but those movies were so bad they were entertaining, and I've actually watched them more than once (such as The Expedition, and Witch Graveyard). But I will NEVER watch Strawberry Estates again, and will remember the director's name (Ron Bonk) as a warning to stay far, far away from anything he's associated with.

I cannot believe the positive User Reviews of this movie that I've read here. If they are in fact sincere and not being sarcastic, I fear for the future of mankind. I strongly suggest reading the aforementioned review at SomethingAwful.com - not only did it make me laugh out loud, but it is spot on (and No, I have nothing to do with that web site).