The Curse of Lilith Ratchet

I hadn't even heard about the 2018 "The Curse of Lilith Ratchet" horror movie from director and writer Eddie Lengyel prior to stumbling upon it in mid-2019. Seeing the movie's cover and it being a horror movie was more than sufficient enough to make me sit down and watch the movie.

Initially, I must admit that I had expected I was going to be in for a suckfest of unfathomable magnitude. But to my surprise, then "The Curse of Lilith Ratchet" actually turned out to be surprisingly nice, taking into consideration the concept and the production of the movie.

While "The Curse of Lilith Ratchet" wasn't a particularly scary movie. Actually, it was lacking things that were scary to a seasoned horror veteran such as myself, then director and writer Eddie Lengyel actually managed to come up with a movie that was enjoyable and watchable enough, despite being generic and following a strict 'how-to-make-a-horror-movie' blueprint.

The acting in the movie was adequate, although there weren't really any outstanding or memorable performances to be experiences throughout the course of the movie.

The Lilith Ratchet character was interesting enough, albeit it was quite generic for a pseudo-ghost movie such as this. Don't go and expect something that will revolutionize the horror genre.

All in all, if you enjoy horror movies, then "The Curse of Lilith Ratchet" actually makes for an adequate movie, while it is somewhat generic. I was entertained with what I saw on the screen. But this is hardly a movie that you will watch more than once.

The story may not be completely original but it is classic evil spirit, cursed object storytelling, and a strong, straightforward foundation always the story telling immediate plausibility. It also anchor the acceptance of paranormal events where concepts may play out creatively. In "American Poltergeist: The Curse Of Lilith Ratchet" is old-world folk magic, a cursed object and a really bad idea.

The film starts out how I like, dropping us right in the middle of horrific events unfolding as the monster, in this case a vengeful ghost, is on a killing spree. It makes it easier to tolerate the coming exposition and character grounding drama and heavy dialog to come. And this film is no exception. There is a lot of melodrama, banter and mundane "living life" moments in APTCOLR. Some could have been cut or shortened in post because it actually drags the movie's pace after such a gut-punch beginning.

That being said I liked the quality of the performances by this indie cast. Most are recognizable in indie film circles. I have seen most of the horror and sci-fi stuff from this midwestern community, or is it Mid-Atlantic? Anyway I recognize the growth and skill development from this cast, and it shows in this movie. There are moments when dialog and suspense suffers due to scenes that don't seem to move as smoothly as others though.

When the horror finally gets back in play and the paranormal activity starts, APTCOLR picks up. The creature design for Lilith Ratchet is some of the coolest ghost work I've seen. Kind of like one of the gentleman (Hush so. Buffy) in drag. Love the character and horror sustainability for future development. The tricks imployed to create the horror is the standard paranormal effects, but they work.

Overall I found a lot that I liked with "American Poltergeist: The Curse Of Lilith Ratchet". The story premise is classic ghost story fodder, with a memorable character. The cinematography is great and keeps a creepy atmosphere going through the movie. I did find the over stretched dramatic stuff boring at times. Still this is a cool indie paranormal horror with some entertaining stuff happening.

As a fan of horror movies, this movie is by far one of the worst movies I have seen.

If there is something horrifying about this movie, it is the acting. The acting was horrible and not convincing as well as over the top. The plot was nothing note-worthy. No visual effects whatsover. To be honest, I think most of the budget went to renting the houses.

If you want to watch something, please find yourself something else. Don't make the same mistake I did by watching this movie. However, if you want to laugh at how ridiculous this movie is, then go right ahead.

Nothing is worth to be said about this movie, except they managed to collect every bad criteria in one movie, the acting is horrible, the costumes is like school plays and the soundtracks are really irrelevant. PLEASE DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WATCH IT

Don't watch this movie. It's a total waste of time.