Blucher One of the worst movies I've ever seen

UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Crwthod A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

redrobin62-321-207311 Okay, what this movie is not - The Exorcist, The Amityville Horror, Carrie or The Shining. Does it have elements of those classic films? In spades. I'm guessing the shortcoming here was the budget. It could've benefited from more special effects, but it is what it is - a ghost story.I feel bad for the movie because there's nothing original in it. You've seen everything in it before. As a matter of fact, some of the scenes were so carbon-copy The Shining that Kubrick must be rolling in his grave. I gave the film a 7 because, seeing it, I didn't feel it was a waste of time. It was a relatively solid possession/ghost story movie, and it definitely reminded me of the fare being exported from South Korea; still, it wasn't a total time waster. Would I watch it again? Not really. For whatever it was, it was decently made. I'm not complaining.

pollylimp The film is not too bad but I have seen very similar ones with almost the same characters,why is it theses days you have young boys that look like little girls,the wife looks nothing like the kids and in fact seems to be two generations ahead of them especially the boy,no real character development and also characters that came and went for no apparent reason what happened to the ghost hunter for example ?I was hoping the daughter would get more involved instead of the wife as she would have been the logical choice for the ghost to be interested in not someone with one foot in the grave already.The usual old chestnut despite the obvious haunting of the house that the main character refuses to believe something is going on till two thirds of the film is over is getting very tired indeed

Vivekmaru45 Also watch The Haunting in Connecticut (2009). Back to this film, Altar. The film is about the Hamiltons, a family that moves into a large country house on the Yorkshire Moors to supervise its restoration from a dilapidated B&B to the original Victorian grandeur. Unknown to them, the house is haunted because of the many ritualistic sacrifices conducted on an altar located in the root cellar of the mansion. The spirits of the mansion make themselves known gradually, and when the do, a foreboding sequence of events are set in motion... The only well known actor to me is Mathew Modine(Full Metal Jacket (1987), Pacific Heights (1990), And the Band Played On (1993, HBO Cable)). To me this marks a low-point in his career as an actor. He is a favorite of mine, and I have seen many good films in which he has starred. Opposite him is Olivia Williams(The Postman(1997), Rushmore(1998), The Sixth Sense (1999)) a well known English film, stage and television actress. Williams has a much larger role than Modine in the film - she is the main character of the film. The director Nick Willing, in his directorial feature-film debut, is unconvincing. He handles the subject matter in a drab way. He has directed the film from his own screenplay, and it is either the screenplay which is at fault or the fact that it is unsuitable material for a genuine horror film. The film was a bore. I found my mind wandering to other things - rather than the film I was watching. The actors also are unconvincing. They act just to get the job done and are not involved with the film. This also shows the weakness of the director for not getting more out of these capable actors. The sound effects are inadequate, the special effects are those you see in U.S. TV serials maybe ten or fifteen years ago. The effects do not scare you as most horror films do, nor do they provide atmosphere to the film.More horror movies to see: House on Haunted Hill(1959), The Innocents(1961), The Haunting(1963), Burnt Offerings(1976), The Amityville Horror(1979),The Shining(1980),Poltergeist(1982), Haunted(1995).Thanks for reading, may you live long and prosper.

Erika Loulabelle Pattison I honestly quite enjoyed this. After reading the other reviews I was expecting to hate and turn it off but I quite liked the story and the pace didn't lose me. The filming reminded me of old school silent witness and the storyline was easy to watch. To me it was a typical watch on a rainy dark evening film with not too muchgoing on so you could watch it in relaxed fashion. Obviously it could of been better and I'll admit when I heard the first English accent I did think great this is going to be rubbish, we don't do horrors well, but the scene setting music and the ending really did give me that uncomfortable creepy ghost story kind of feeling so it was a slightly lacklustre hit in my book