Apparition

This is one of the worst films I've ever seen. The story is poorly constructed and the acting abysmal. At first I couldn't understand why the unattractive and amateurish lead was cast in the role, but it all made sense when I saw that an individual with the same surname was a producer... "Sure! I'll produce your movie, if you give my son/grandson/nephew the lead role..."

Do not bother watching.

My word, there are bad films with good actors and the occasional good film with bad actors but really? The women in the film obviously have done some acting, I don't have a problem with them. The men, especially the lead, are shocking. Amateurish, wooden and just plain awful. The story is not much cop either. This review doesn't contain spoilers because the film is already spoilt.

An extremely bad attempt at constructing a film based around the loss of a soon to be bride and the purchase of a house with a supernatural history needing renovation.

The film starts badly with a male lead who makes my hairstyle look good (I am bald) and a marriage proposal that belies the law of physics with rose petals.

Acting is poor, story and script weak and effects more aural than visual.

The other reviewer I can only assume is both physically and mentally incontinent, reproducing what he saw on screen in his underwear.

Don't waste your time....... You have been warned.

It's about the inner struggle of a young man who has lost his wife and child in a car crash. They tried to show his suffering in a "psychological mystery" way, but failed. The dialogs are lame, the music surrounds mostly every scene in a "meaningful creepy" way. The visuality is sober like taken on video camera - clean, sterile. And over the whole playtime I couldn't really match with this depressive sissy. It needs some more, some surprise that takes me with. I've seen too many movies, sometimes watched hard situations of protagonists of other & better made movies of that kind, to find something interesting on this one. These characters swim in a depressive soupbowl of the void without being interesting. :(

On a dark and stormy night, attractive Katrina Law (as Lori) arrives at a farmhouse mansion. We learn she's going to live there and marry strange boyfriend Jody Quigley (as Doug). We know Mr. Quigley is strange due to how he sets up a scene to scare Ms. Law, before proposing to her. Also, nobody but a set designer would set-up as many candles in a room as does Mr. Quigley; and, his character is never mentioned as being a set designer. Well, Quigley's mansion is a "fixer-upper" and he is restoring the old house. There is s shutter in the front he never gets right. Of course, locals warn Quigley that his house has a dark past. Early in the running time, Quigley meets flirty jogger Lili Bordán (as Jamie) and changes her flat...

This could best be described as a psychological thriller...

Most of the action comes to rest on Quigley's "Doug" character. While we see a progression, there may be no otherworldly reason for his exaggerated reactions, other than good (or bad) old-fashioned guilt. At first, we assume the house is a "living" character, but perhaps the past tragedies are only a coincidence. At the conclusion, it's not real clear. It would have helped if there was some link between "Doug" and a more clearly defined house. Although having him inherit the estate from distant relatives is a cliché, it would complement and add some authority to the story. Director Quinn Saunders manages to engage with stark quietness surrounded by a few jolts, but the ending struggles to tie things up quickly and without satisfaction.

*** Apparition/ Remorse (2015/05/05) Quinn Saunders ~ Jody Quigley, Katrina Law, Lili Bordán, Dave Droxler