Ghostlight

When I bought this movie on Amazon I had no idea that it was a boring movie that it turned out to be, especially since it had a fairly good rating on Amazon. And the DVD cover had nothing to do with the movie itself. The DVD cover had something that looks like an asylum or other old, creepy building on it and some spooky silhouette and skull. False advertising in every sense of the words.

"Ghostlight" (or "Ghosthouse" as the DVD was titled) is a rather boring and uneventful movie. And the most scary part about it was the singing done by one of the actresses in the movie.

The acting in the movie was not particularly memorable or good, but then again they had very little to work with in terms of script and story.

Having seen the movie now, I can honestly say that I will never make a return trip to watch it again.

If you enjoy a good horror movie or ghost movie then your money and time is better spent elsewhere.

Ambitious and charming indie film from Seattle that pays tribute to HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, THE CHANGELING, THE SIXTH SENSE, and other classic ghost-horror movies. Sutherland wins a radio contest, but must spend the night in a haunted theater (filmed at the historic Everett Theater) in order to receive the $50,000 prize. Filled with genuine scares, witty dialogue and great acting—with Kleinsmith almost stealing the show as the theater's eccentric owner. The sound editing, however, is noticeably flawed even to the layman's ear, and director Ferrell's choice of the numerous fade-ins/fade-outs interferes with mood and pacing. Despite some bumps in the road, the film is an overall impressive and entertaining outing that has replay value.

*** (out of four)

The acting is hopeless, the singing is absolutely dire, the storylines that intertwine have no connection or meaning. I truly am puzzled as to why anyone would commit this to film and then, instead of setting it on fire immediately, allow it to be viewed by thousands of people (assuming there's are thousands of us unlucky enough to have watched this).

Notes to the director:

Please please please just do another take if the singer of the only song in the entire film sings flat first time, and if she still can't do it after 20 takes please sack her or extract her vocal chords and throw them in the bin leaving her silent for eternity because god knows she will try to use them again otherwise!

If your concept is that the ghosts appear in black and white and the real people appear in colour, make sure you have enough time, money and skill so that in post production you can make sure this scheme stays even if live and dead characters are in the same shot.

Please tell the sound designer that if they think a sound 'sounds really professional' it's probably because it's been overused in a million films and it sounds like you bought a 'kool movie' sample pack and plucked a random sample out every time you wanted to add suspense.

Sorry, there is so much more I want to write here but I shall stop boring you and simply ask please please don't waste your time with this film. I love bad horror films but this just failed in every level. It's a one from me, and that's being generous

Good story, not unique, but good. Casting was fine everyone looked the part, acting about what you would expect. I would suggest to fast forward through the wife parts after you figure out what's going on. I get the personal tragedy but everything should not make her cry. What I will take from this movie is how incredibly skinny the silent movie actress is I'm surprised that woman could walk around with how little the actress must eat, jump scares were not nearly as jarring as when this woman was on screen. It's not great but I didn't feel like it was a complete waste of time, and if you just want a couple jump scares without a complicated story this should work.