Episode 50

I read reviews before watching this so I didn't go in with some high expectations or anything like that but I'm a fan of paranormal movies so I wanted to give it a try. I am the type of person who feels the need to finish things. Every movie I've watched in my life, I feel the need to finish it no matter how bad it is because I want to know what happens and if it will get better. If I start a book but I'm not necessarily into it, I make myself finish it. I finish things... so it says a lot that I couldn't even watch this through.

I can't put my finger on what exactly made it so bad to me but it was just bad. I watched a little over the first thirty minutes and actually skipped parts after that a time or two. Then I jumped to the end... I'm sure some people will enjoy it anyway and that's great. For me personally, I didn't like it much at all. It wasn't the worst thing I've ever seen but I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. I suggest you watch Grave Encounters if you want something like this (only better).

2/10 for it's kinda originality and the few moments which did make the adrenaline go but that is it. I walked away feeling rather refreshed than scared or even thrilled. The portrayal of the nurse walking around with bones cracking is the least bit scary and as if it has been taken straight out a Doctor Who episode..... A rip off of Rec. The music is dreadful, so unfitting. Contrapuntal in the wrong way. The sound track is so unsuiting it sounds like something straight out of..... A..... Uhm..... Well I don't know, it's dreadful. It's a modern film so you would have thought it would have been tactfully made using successful features from other good examples of horror films but it hasn't. It seems like the tulle book has been regretfully thrown out of the window..... The saying rules are made to be broken has been completely disproved in this awful film. I'm not too hung up mind you. I bought it for a £1 and a boot market so I will not regret throwing this abomination away.

I saw a brief trailer for this and I must admit I was enticed. A 'something went wrong' real-cam style horror has become big business since the Blair Witch truly terrified us in the 90s, and now plenty of 'found footage' efforts are to be found.

I honestly didn't have a clue what it was about, but the opening 15 minutes revealed it was about a 'Most Haunted' style TV show in which the presenters 'debunk' alleged hauntings. The first segment sees them do exactly that but Episode 50 turns out to be the last in the series...and it never made it to screen, because something went hideously wrong.

Unfortunately, the only thing which really went wrong was how badly this mess was put together. There was an underlying nugget of decent story, and there was even a loose attempt at a plot twist, but the problem with Episode 50 is it's simply hard to take seriously.

It's like a student project movie.

Yes, this is low budget, and yes, you have to account for that, but there really is no excuse for the agonising 'acting' throughout while forced (poor) special effects simply get in the way.

The actual direction isn't all that bad but another problem is that for a horror film, it isn't remotely scary. It is almost as if it isn't trying to be, and instead is trying to be some sort of ghost story with a religious overtone which gets thrown in the viewers' face every 2 minutes.

As for the music, another reviewer got it spot on - what in God's name was simpering piano doing in the background? This movie didn't need any music, but it got there anyway and ruined moments which were already pretty bad anyway.

And then a random Scotsman (from River City no less) shows up in a kilt, acts like he's on LSD, then leaves the room.

A badly conceived film which had a reasonable idea, but neither the budget, the cinematography, the acting, nor the production values were able to realise it.

After seeing a film about Ron Jeremy's penis being taken over by a horny alien, I didn't think horror films could get any worse, but Episode 50 proved me wrong.

The ghost and spirits shown in the film are about as scary as hedgehog and the supposedly 'terrifying' ghost nurse walking around the place looks like woman in a Halloween costume

The acting is about the worst thing I have ever seen in any film, it feels forced and is awkward and embarrassing to watch.

I turned this off half way through, and I wouldn't recommend anyone watching it. Don't waste 80 odd minutes of your life. Terrible, terrible film.

I wanted this movie to be good. I really did! I enjoyed movies like The Last Exorcism, the Paranormal Activity's, and other documentary-style cinematography films. The character development is extremely slow and the acting is borderline horrendous. The special effects could have been much better! I generally enjoy low-budget films and can usually overlook mediocre acting. Unfortunately, this was tested my tolerance for both. I did make myself finish the film hoping the end would justify the effort of making myself sit through it. Not so much. In a nutshell, a wealthy gentleman sends two teams, with opposing views/opinions (one scientifically driven and the other spiritually motivated) into a haunted insane asylum and wants to see what they find. Sounds like a pretty legit plot to me. I was in! This is as good as it got for me.....the plot. I was very displeased with this movie.