Almost Invisible

Several students at a community college in the 'burbs of DC accept the invitation of an outcast Goth girl to party at her parents' house while they're away. The youths get out-of-hand as strange, sinister things start happening.

"Almost Invisible" (2010) is a spare change Indie that mixes the plot & budget of "Sheltered" (2010) and "The Lonely Ones" (2006) with the hallucinatory style, scantily-clad women and ghostly happenings of "Death Tunnel" (2005). But it lacks the well-written coherence of the two former flicks and the professionalism of the latter. Meanwhile the spectral angle is reminiscent of "Carnival of Souls" (1962).

The rockin' soundtrack is great and the writer/director knows how to shoot women (no pun intended), plus he's skilled with artistic effects/editing, similar to "Death Tunnel," just on a way lower budget. The cast is serviceable for non-actors and a few of the females are very attractive, with Hillary Barnett standing out as Jeopardy. (There's some nudity, so be forewarned).

Unfortunately, the storytelling desperately needed improved to flesh out the potential and make the story more coherent, not to mention compelling. By the end everything is vaguely explained, but the story is tedious up to that point despite the entertaining highlights noted above. Some viewers complain about not discerning the dialogues, but that's not a problem if you utilize the subtitles.

Examples of no-budget Indies that take the basic cabin-in-the-woods scenario and do it effectively include "The Lake on Clinton Road" (2015) and "Crazy Lake" (2016).

The film runs 1 hour, 35 minutes, and was shot in Oakton, Virginia, which is 10-12 miles west of the Potomac River & Washington DC.

GRADE: C-

Lotsa people will overlook or hate this flick. But if you're a fan of movies that are unique or make you feel sonewhat uneasy in an unexplainable way then don't skip out on this flick. Its cheap and tawdry and utterly self serious... and it's made by someone who put alot of effort into it. Interesting editing weird story and lurid unsettling little set pieces all come together in a mess of a flick that is quite surreal and nightmarish...but not in an acid trip sort of way, more like an -I may have taken too much cold medicine- sort of way

there's a lot of weird ideas here and I wish this dude got just a bit more money from somewhere and made another flick.

If harsh cuts and flashing images is your style of film, this will be perfect. If you enjoy continuous flashbacks and non-linear storytelling, this film is amazing. Further, this film will be great for any movie-goer who likes a cult classic or indie film shouting amateur and old.

If those details sound like you, enjoy! Otherwise, this film will be hard to watch: you really can't ignore the bad acting and flashbacks to events and plot holes that are never really explained(until you forget they happened). The concept is interesting, but it's nothing worth watching if you aim to be entertained without too many questions after.

Gold Star Moment: special effects...they're amusing to watch, and bring the scary element s to the the film.

I have watched some amazing horror films lately.....Family Demons, The loved Ones, Lovely Molly, Evil Things, Theatre Bizarre, Heartless and Little deaths and than there have been some awful films of late such as Episode 50, Monsters in the Woods, VHS, Bad Bush, Final remains and than there is the GOD AWFUL Almost Invisible and I paid $10.00 for this debacle on ebay. What the hell was this!!!!! First off I couldn't hear a word what the characters were saying. The sound was just horrific, I had it on max vol and I still couldn't understand the mumbling going on which I think wouldn't matter considering this low brow z affair film of acting. What a calamity, just a bloody joke..... I hope everyone involved in this R.I.P or maybe not.

No pun intended - also I was unfortunate enough to still find this. Streaming services are really good - but they also tease you and make you watch stuff you probably shouldn't watch. But who am I kidding? It's not that I didn't watch movies like this when video stores where still a thing .. and I would have continued to do so ... although maybe not so often anymore ... or not to that amount like I do right now.

Anyway back to this ... well let's call it abomination. We have seen the story or similar horror stories before .. but this really is not ... well quality wise it has quite some issues. Acting is one thing - but even though this is 13 years old at this point ... the cinematography and the quality of the video ... really poor. Even the small budget movies nowadays look a lot better than this.

Not sure what the filmmakers did after this, but maybe they ... well it could not get worse I assume. Maybe with more money they were able to achieve better results ...