Apparition
Tags: murder

Plot synopsis:
On May 21, 1973, six people conduct The Charles Experiment, a parapsychological experiment, in which they stare at a drawing of a deceased man, Charles Reamer, hoping to summon his spirit. Years later, four college students, Patrick (Tom Felton), Lydia (Julianna Guill), Ben (Sebastian Stan) and Greg (Luke Pasqualino) attempt to recreate the Charles Experiment on a larger scale by using modern technology. During the experiment, something attacks the students and pulls Lydia into the wall.
Some time later, Ben and his girlfriend Kelly (Ashley Greene) are living together. One evening, they discover strange burn marks on their counters. Kelly finds both doors wide open, even though they had locked them. They decide to change the locks and install surveillance cameras. Later, Kelly finds a large amount of mold and spores on the laundry room floor while Ben finds even more in a crawlspace. Ben gets 36 "urgent" emails from Patrick that first inform him of a new attempt at the Charles Experiment, followed by a warning that "containment failed" and finally "you are in danger".
After witnessing the apparition, the couple go to a hotel, but they are attacked there as well. As they flee, they receive a call from Patrick and meet him. Patrick explains that the initial experiment enabled a malevolent entity to enter their world, but that he has built a room surrounded by a negative current that he believes protects him from it. They return to Kelly and Ben's house to try a new experiment to contain the entity. During the experiment, the house begins to shake and break apart, then abruptly stops. While Kelly and Ben are outside, Patrick is pulled into the darkness and vanishes. Unable to find Patrick, they flee to the safety chamber in his house.
Inside the house, they hear Patrick's personal log being played back, including information about the members of the original experiment. Of the original six, two died, one committed suicide and the other three disappeared. After entering the safety chamber, Ben disappears. Kelly exits the chamber and finds Ben's contorted corpse. Patrick's narration explains that the entity gets stronger with each person it claims, and that it will wear its victims down until they are too weak to resist.
With no escape, Kelly wanders around, and enters an empty Costco. She walks to the camping section, enters a tent and waits to be killed by the entity, having fully given up resisting. A number of hands appear from behind and the entity slowly grabs hold of her as the movie cuts to black.

Review: Clouded House.
On a dark and stormy night, attractive Katrina Law (as Lori) arrives at a farmhouse mansion.
We learn she's going to live there and marry strange boyfriend Jody Quigley (as Doug).
We know Mr. Quigley is strange due to how he sets up a scene to scare Ms. Law, before proposing to her.
Also, nobody but a set designer would set-up as many candles in a room as does Mr. Quigley; and, his character is never mentioned as being a set designer.
Well, Quigley's mansion is a "fixer-upper" and he is restoring the old house.
There is s shutter in the front he never gets right.
Of course, locals warn Quigley that his house has a dark past.
Early in the running time, Quigley meets flirty jogger Lili Bordán (as Jamie) and changes her flat...This could best be described as a psychological thriller...
Most of the action comes to rest on Quigley's "Doug" character.
While we see a progression, there may be no otherworldly reason for his exaggerated reactions, other than good (or bad) old-fashioned guilt.
At first, we assume the house is a "living" character, but perhaps the past tragedies are only a coincidence.
At the conclusion, it's not real clear.
It would have helped if there was some link between "Doug" and a more clearly defined house.
Although having him inherit the estate from distant relatives is a cliché, it would complement and add some authority to the story.
Director Quinn Saunders manages to engage with stark quietness surrounded by a few jolts, but the ending struggles to tie things up quickly and without satisfaction.*** Apparition/ Remorse (2015/05/05) Quinn Saunders ~ Jody Quigley, Katrina Law, Lili Bordán, Dave Droxler.
Nesting.
The mind can be a beautiful thing.
It can also be a tricky or deceiving thing.
Or it can be just used to make a horror movie.
Not a very good one at that though.
Unfortunately this is very poorly made and it tries to shock you into certain things.
I don't think it achieves anything by that for the viewer.It does tick all the boxes you need for a movie like that.
But apart from its predictability it just is weak in its script, setting and acting.
The lack of any real surprises and the clichés just add to the dread of watching this unfold.
Characters being stubborn is one thing (until someone literally hits them over the head and they realize it's too late) ...
it's a shame, there was a better movie hidden somewhere in between.
Problematic and overly troubling ghost effort.
Tortured over the death of his fiancée, a troubled man moves into a lonely farmhouse they were intending to move into together and immediately becomes tormented by her ghost as he tries to move on with the help of a neighbor to solve the mystery.This one certainly had some fine moments to it when it really tried.
What really helps this one is the rather strong sense of suspense that runs throughout here which is mostly featured through the interactions within the house.
Brought along nicely by the tragedy that sets the whole thing in motion, the effect of being there with the continuous amounts of shock jumps in here with the visions of his fiancée tormenting and torturing his new attempted romance.
While mostly being relegated to brief spurts that turn out to be dreams when they do occur, the scenes of the ghost girl walking around the house performing chores and getting trapped around in the various rooms here definitely make for a rather intriguing time here with the way they start the film going about the different intentions of getting back together with him.
Even later scenes of them around the house tormenting him have a rather nice time here, while the finale is where this one really picks up with the notion of finally letting the grief of the situation manifested in her ghost terrorizing him in long, drawn-out scenes that take nice effect of the strong storyline and great atmosphere to end this on a nice note.
Still, there's plenty of areas here that definitely hold this one back quite heavily.
The biggest issue with this one is the fact that there's just not a whole lot of time actually spent on the haunting moments throughout the first half here are just so brief and quick that it can't really showcase them at all.
The scenes are over in such a blink that it doesn't really register for much of the time that it was supposed to have been a terrifying experience he had when she quickly flashes around into an ugly ghost or throwing the different women ghosts as well which makes this all the more frustrating that hardly anything gets involved with these scenes.
The utterly irritating ploy about them nearly always being a dream doesn't help them all that much either, and along with the bland pace and drama-like feel that runs throughout the majority of the time here which are even bigger crippling factors.
As well with the inability to really tell what made the other ghosts appear or their influence on the story, these here all hold this one down.Rated Unrated/R: Violence and Language..
Don't even bother!.
An extremely bad attempt at constructing a film based around the loss of a soon to be bride and the purchase of a house with a supernatural history needing renovation.The film starts badly with a male lead who makes my hairstyle look good (I am bald) and a marriage proposal that belies the law of physics with rose petals.Acting is poor, story and script weak and effects more aural than visual.The other reviewer I can only assume is both physically and mentally incontinent, reproducing what he saw on screen in his underwear.Don't waste your time.......
You have been warned..
Do not see this load of C R A P.A total waste of time, you have been warned.
Do not see this load of C R A P.I am a big fan of horror films, grudge,ring,conjuring one of the best.
This was nothing compared to them - NOTHING.
A total waste of time, you have been warned.
A total waste of time, you have been warned.
A total waste of time, you have been warned.
Do not see this load of C R A P.
Do not see this load of C R A P.
If you like films of Supernatural content without the gore, you should really like watching this film.
It has a well written storyline, great music score and very talented actors that bring the film to life.
The main characters do a great job at showing their emotional state, which allows the audience to experience their joys, sorrow and pain through out the entire film.
This film kept me guessing as to what was going to happen next, because it is not your average predictable feature film.
For me I really like films with twists and turns rather than figuring out the ending in the first 10 minutes of the film.
I really enjoyed viewing this well thought out film and gave it a big 10 stars.
Kudos!.
Eh...it's not terrible....
It's what I fear most about a horror movie I've never heard about.
The studio is one I've never heard of...and I watch a LOT of B horror movies.
The actors names are not any that I recognize.
Still, I'm open to a surprise or two.
I have to say, the acting is good.
However, having said that, there is such a thing about TOO many dream scenes.
I can stand one or two...but when there's too many...it seems like I can't tell what's real or not.
ANNOYING.
Also...not too many jumps in this movie.
It's a good flick, keeps you interested, but really not something that I'll watch again.
$1.60 goes to Redbox for bad movie night with my beautiful wife..
Great horror movie from start to finish .
One of the blockbusters of the year for all horror fans.
Will leave you on the edge of your seat.
So watch it.
Watch it till you crap yourself.
Have nightmares.
Don't miss this movie.
Tell everyone about this movie.
Sit and watch with Friends.
Please watch intently .pray for Satan .
OK thats all I have really to say other than please watch this movie I made .
Worth staying up all night and watching it .crap yourself silly , watch your underpants or knickers smell of crap after watching this movie .
You will love it , I wont tell you anything about the the movie cause I don't want to spoil it for you all ..
Apparition: Seen it all before.
With a budget of 3 million you expect a certain level of competence, alas no such thing can be found here.Originally titled Remorse this is another one of those horrors which leaves the viewer pondering whether what they are witnessing is supernatural or purely mental illness.Truth be told I didn't ponder too hard as I simply didn't care.This unforgivably dull, boring, lifeless horror effort has been done before so many times but rarely this poorly.Un-engaging, weakly made and an all round bore.The Good: Katrina LawThe Bad:Relies too much on jump scaresRecycledDreadful plotThings I Learnt From This Movie:The ambigous mental illness horror films are getting really old.
Spoilers follow ....
Doug (Jody Quigley) and his beautiful fiancée (Katrina Law) have their blissful engagement party interrupted by a former boyfriend, which despite Lori's tearful apologies, incites Doug to drive really fast and accidentally kill her.
It's hard to sympathise much with such petulance, despite the audience being treated to many subsequent images of Doug struggling to continue life alone  whilst apparently being haunted.
Wrong of me, isn't it, to mention Doug is far from heart-throb material, and how lucky he is to be with Lori and that perhaps should have exercised a little more humility?
Crusty old Woody (Thomas Roy) in the hardware store warns of vengeful spirits residing where Doug is living.
Certainly Doug's dreams are persuasively creepy.
And yet his waking hours are cheered slightly by the affectionate neighbour Jamie (Lili Bordán), herself suffering the repercussions of a troubled past – and inevitably, sex is had, with Lori barely cold in her grave.The spirit, which appears to be Lori and screeching newborn daughter, is not happy about Jamie.
The familiar conflict between what is real and what is being imagine ensues – but to the film's great credit, it is never specifically indicated that the hauntings and violence are entirely in Doug's mind.
Although there is a great temptation to think of the film as too restrained in its horrors, it is a persuasive examination of grief and mourning.
Only when (SPOILER) Doug - who has mentally tortured himself that he killed Lori - also kills Jamie, do things become intriguing on a different level.
The final scene with Doug enjoying family time with the three dead people in his life, redeems some of the film's earlier uneventfulness.