GhostWatcher

When I first put it on.. I was tempted to shut it off. It looks like it was filmed on a home video camera. But once you get past the actual look of it, and get into the story, you won't want to turn it off. It has a really good story that leads you to a rather creative ending, which most movies don't really have anymore. It's really going back to when scary movies actually had a story. Some of the effects are pretty good considering it's so low budget, and the actors themselves are alright.. no crappy over acting here. Some of it makes you laugh, some of it makes you jump and some of it makes you wonder where they got the inspiration. I would have loved to been on the set for the making of this film. All in all its pretty good, worth the rent. Or if your like me.. and a nut for B Movies..worth the purchase.

After a Halloween on a Friday, Laura Kove (Jillian Byrnes) becomes agoraphobic. One year later she finds that her apartment is haunted. She searches in Internet and finds Elizabeth Dean (Jennifer Servary), a con ghost hunter, actually a stripper with a peepshow on line, offering her services and Laura and her best friend Nikki Brandt (Marianne Hayden) hire her to get rid off the fiend. Elizabeth investigates the past of Laura and discloses the truth of the mystery.

"Ghost Watcher" is so amateurish and flawed that becomes funny. It is the typical movie that you join your friends to make fun and laugh so ridiculous it is. I do not know how producers invested in this film with such terrible screenplay and cast. The story is horrible, the three lead characters are awful and their actions make no sense. Elizabeth, for example, is a slut that risks her life to help Laura, inclusive dying in the end, solves the murders of a serial killer in a couple of hours, in a absolute lack of coherence. Nikki killed and buried Malculm Dixon, but she accepts to go to the abandoned house in the night to show the corpse to Elizabeth after seeing the weird events in Laura's kitchen. And Laura is pure contradiction, hiring a stripper to hunt ghosts. If any actress of this flick reads my review, do not be upset with me, but the acting are simply awful in this movie. I do not intend to see "Ghost Watcher 2", therefore I hope to have the chance to see any of you in the future with better performances in another movie. My vote is three.

Title (Brazil): "Após a Morte" ("After the Death")

Ghostwatcher uses some of the most classic, horror techniques to weave an edge of your seat thriller that will scare the pants off of you, combined with an edgy and contemporary soundtrack that features great music. I got a chance to speak with Dave Cross(director) at one of the screenings and was very impressed with, not only his enthusiasm for his film, but for the genre of horror as a whole. The entire cast does an excellent job maintaining the suspense as the story unfolds. The movie has already picked up several film festival awards and Marrianne Hayden(Nikki Brandt) won Best Actress at the 2002 Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Los Angeles, CA. I just got word that the film is supposed to be released by Artisan Pictures on DVD October 1st. Do yourself a favor and buy this movie. It should be in every horror fan's collection!!

I always enjoy a break from the Holloywood style of movie making. Okay, so at times the dialog was painful, the acting was wooden, and I could visualize the stage directions in front of me. I enjoyed watching this movie and I thought the three lead actresses were endearing. It was so cool to see a movie where all of the leads were women who were brave and took action, and not just there to serve as love interests.

I want to give special recognition to the film makers for casting normal women in this film. All three of them were very attractive, but in their own unique ways, not the Hollywood cookie-cutter painfully-thin way. It was a lot of fun to watch them. They looked like me and my friends, and were easy to relate to and invest in.

Great little flick! Thanks for the entertainment.

While this movie boasts quite a string of genuinely scary moments, it is essentially a collage of already successfully tested horror plots. Agoraphobic heroine, Serial killer, Ghost of serial killer, etc. It even has the obligatory paranormal investigator. Nothing stands out as truly original. Honestly, I've seen worse acting in supporting roles but not very often. The lead role was executed quite well. In fact, I would not be surprised to see this young lady do well in future movies. Again, it is quite scary at times and I suppose that's the point, eh? Also, the music was pretty good. Anyway, if you are a horror movie buff, then watch it just because.