Product: The Haunting [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 2.0
Special effects and no substance ruined this one
I was expecting a lot out of this movie and I must say I was dissapointed in the presentation. The acting in this movie was mediocre and could have been ALOT better. The final scenes were so corny, I almost burst out laughing in the theatre. With the acting being so bad, the special effects were even worse. Many times they were out of place, and overdone. When are people going to realize that special effects alone do not make a good movie? I was not scared ONCE during this movie I spent most of the time guessing when the next special effect was goign to happen, and I was almost always right. The special effects themselves were done pretty well, but they hardly ever went along with the movie and like I said before there were too many and drastically overdone. It seems as if the creators had a lot of money to waste on this movie. This movie had so much potential but it fell way short. If you like a movie that focuses on computer animated special effects more than the actual story line, then this movie is definetely for you. For the rest of us that perfer substance first and eye-candy later, then all you should do is rent this movie. It was a waste of my time and I will never even consider watching this again.