We Go On

Seeing this with very low expectations, I was first waiting it to fall on its face but soon realised the writing, acting and direction was all sure-footed and I'd even say innovative. On the outset, Annette O'Toole and Clark Freeman make an unlikely mother-son couple but they sold their roles and even made me emotional at times.

The budget is indeed tiny, but it didn't take anything away from the solid creepiness. Build-up was executed well, and the story moved nicely from almost comedy to genuine scares. Even at the end this little horror surprise stood its ground and avoided the usual sour taste that most films in its genre leave behind.

In Los Angeles, the video editor Miles Grisson (Clark Freeman) is a man with many phobias inclusive he does not drive. When Miles has several nightmares with his death, he decides to offer a $ 30,000 reward for anyone that proves the existence of a ghost, or demon, or angel and consequently the afterlife. His protective mother Charlotte Grisson (Annette O'Toole) reads the news and comes to his apartment. Miles receives more than one thousand correspondences and together with his mother, they analyze the responses and they end with three candidates. The first one is Dr. Ellison (John Glover) but Charlotte finds that he is a fraud. The second one is the medium Josephina (Giovanna Zacarías) that tells that Bill asked him to stop his search. However Charlotte again tells that Josephine is a fraud. The third one is an entrepreneur but Miles finds that he is a con-man. When Miles receives a mysterious phone call from a man called Nelson (Jay Dunn), he schedules an encounter with him in a park near the airport. Soon he learns that there are doors that should never be opened.

"We Go on" is an intriguing and original ghost story. The screenplay is well-written with many plot points and the cast is excellent, with great performances of the veteran Annete O'Toole and Clark Freeman. The supernatural story is interesting and the encounter of Nelson and Miles is the scariest moment of this good film. My vote is seven.

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"Once you see what I'm gonna show you, you're kind of gonna be in the inner circle on this thing, and…well… you'll be open to it. To them."

Everyone knows the famous phrase "I see dead people" from the unparalleled movie "The Sixth Sense". Of course, you can't compare "We go on" with the latter. But in a way, it reminds you of it. Not that this one is terrifying and filled with heart attack causing jump-scares. So for those who think a horror movie is about demonic appearances, a multitude of bloodthirsty zombies or a psychopathic freak who slaughters innocent girls, be warned. This isn't such a typical horror movie. To be honest, I thought the human interactions between Charlotte (Annette O'Toole) and Miles (Clark Freeman) were the most amusing in this film. And the story itself can be called original as well.

Miles is someone who suffers from all sort of phobias. And this because of his father's deadly car accident when he was very young. Thus he fears to drive a car, he fears open spaces, he's afraid of heights and he hates rotting things. Obviously he's also afraid of dying. Should I list all the Latin names for these phobias, there's a chance that some readers would grow a phobia to read my reviews. In other words, Miles is a real scared guy. The cure he comes up with, is on the one hand fairly inventive and on the other hand also kind of naive. If someone can prove to him there's life after death by showing him a ghost or a spirit, Miles thinks he might be able to lead a normal life.

A page-sized advertisement in the newspaper is used to draw the necessary attention. I'm sure the $ 30,000 reward is the reason why a lot of individuals offered their help. Of course there are charlatans, scammers and quacks among them. And that's where Miles's mother Charlotte, comes into the picture and starts helping her son with the difficult quest to find credible candidates. Even though she is convinced it's all nonsense. Eventually there remain three candidates. The question is whether these people can help Miles. You need to watch the movie to find out yourself though. It's only halfway the movie it gets interesting and the atmosphere becomes more sinister. And this after meeting Nelson (Jay Dunn), a seemingly dead normal guy who works as a maintenance man at the airport. He will help Miles to get in touch with the thing Miles wishes to see.

As I said before, "We go on" isn't really creepy or frightening. But after meeting with Nelson, the film takes a whole different turn and turns into a pretty ghostly film. But generally, one tries to put more emphasis on the humorous side instead of making it creepy. Normally, I'm not I'm not so keen on humorous horrors. Usually it feels rather exaggerated with use of infantile humor and lot of mostly weak parodies of classic horrors. As in the "Scary movie" series. At first it's a bit funny, but after a while it starts to annoy me. In this movie, the humor is more subtle and at the same time ordinary. As if it wasn't meant to be funny. As if it just slipped in the movie by accident. I admit it. That's the kind of humor I appreciate the most. No forced knee-slappers where a laughter track is needed to let the audience know that something funny has happened.

The interaction between the two main characters is a pleasure to look at. Especially Annette O'Toole is fantastic. Both act in a spontaneous and natural way. At times it seemed as if they had a lifelike mother-son relationship. Grandiose, extremely funny and touching at the same time. For that reason they already earn a standing ovation. But the film itself deserves all praise as well. In a quirky way, the film succeeds in distinguishing itself from other ghost stories. Let me call "We go on" a horror for newbies. A fascinating supernatural story without bloody scenes and palpitations-causing scares. I am convinced that the non-lovers of horror will also enjoy this. I was pleasantly surprised by this low-budget flick.

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Seriously, this movie is good. And I mean damn good. I can barely say anything without spoiling it but really give it a go, you wont regret it. The story is very original, the plot is intriguing and the movie is full of surprises. I can honestly say that I was positively surprised by this movie.

Great writing, acting and effects.

While it was a slow film in terms of overall pacing, it held my attention throughout. This could partly be due to the fact the wonderful Annette O'Toole has a prominent role.

I felt it got off yo a shaky, almost tongue-in-cheek start. Clark Freeman is endearing at the outset as Miles. But, his portrayal begins to grate a bit after a while, even though I understood the undercurrents of the character.

There really isn't much more to say about the film, which is the good and bad of it. 'We Go On' is not very memorable and it can only loosely be called 'horror.' To me, it's like the Hallmark Hall of Fame version of a scary movie.