Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Gutsycurene Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Charles Justus Garard I once visited the Whaley House in Old Town, San Diego, and ordered this film THE HAUNTING OF WHALEY HOUSE from Amazon for that reason. I was immediately disappointed when the interior and exterior of the house did not in the least resemble the actual Whaley House when I took a tour. The original was constructed of brick blocks in the 1850's and did not look spooky in the least. I did listen to the stories told to us by the guides, and mention of these story tidbits did crop up in this fictional film, giving it a touch of authenticity and verisimilitude.I didn't learn until I read reviews on this site that the film had not been shot in the actual Whaley House, even though a bonus extra on the disc showed the director making a comment about being limited by what they could do because they were filming it at an historical landmark. Really?On my WordPress blog some time ago, and on some of the Facebook group sites,including my own, I made a list of my favorite all-time haunted house /ghost story movies. This list included THE UNINVITED (the original), THE HAUNTING (the original), and THE INNOCENTS. Needless to add, this Whaley House film would not make that list. THE QUIET ONES is a much-better film, and THE CONJURING is probably the best haunted house movie in recent years. See those instead of this.

DustinRahksi It's Asylum, don't expect any thing good. Asylum is quite possible the worst production company on earth. No talented directors, writers, actors. The stories are complete trash and generic. It just infuriates me that these films get made. They don't even try to make good films, they don't have talent and their hearts aren't in it. Hollywood is a degenerate place now, it's 95 percent horrible people. And 5 percent good people. It's all about money. Oh well, lets get to this film.SPOILERS AHEAD I could predict every moment in this film, I knew how the first three characters were going to act in the first second of the film. Luckily we never see them again. There are no scares, no atmosphere, no nothing. Penny is our hero, she is a complete idiot. She doesn't believe in ghosts, and there for breaks their code or whatever. And that gets every killed. This is exactly like TCM(2003), one person gets everyone else killed. The characters are annoying, one of them I wanted to physically hurt, that's not a good sign. The ending is absolutely hilarious, I'll get to that in a minute. It's one of those movies that doesn't accomplish anything, and it leaves feeling like a idiot.THE STORY: So penny is pressured into breaking into the haunted house she works at, so some overly ecstatic guy can get his Joly's. The first half of the film is poorly done, the house is small and cramped. The ghosts never have any motive for what they are doing. Keith the psychic says they aren't evil, yet they do bad things. It doesn't make any sense. Giselle is the only good character, she knows not to be messing around with stuff that can't be explained. She is the only one that knows something bad is going to happen. But she falls down the stairs and breaks her neck. I felt sorry for her. Then Craig cries like a b-tch because he might get accused of her death. He then pulls a Sorority row plot point, and wants to dispose of the body. No one else wants to do it, so I'll give them props. But I seriously wanted someone to beat Craig down, I hate that guy so much. Vanessa was just plain strange, can't act or just told to be weird, I don't know. So at this point I realized, hey there's no nudity. Wow thats a first for this company. But oh wait, some random woman with ugly fake breasts flaunts around. I should have saw that coming. So everyone is killed in completely ridiculous ways, and that leaves penny as the last one standing. She actually manages to fend off the ghosts and some skinless demon. But do you want to know her fate, it was like I just got coned by a con man. She trips down the stairs and dies (I'm laughing while writing this), what a klutz. It's not bad enough Giselle died that way, Penny died like that too. I can't get over how dumb that was, but it was unexpected that she would die like that. I thought the ghosts would take her right after she walked outside the house and say something like "it's over". And now she is permanently attached to the house, forever in this purgatory. Sucks to be her.I didn't expect much, so Asylum didn't disappoint there. It's just a average bad movie, not' much else to it.

rnbooboo Worst acting possible. We got this movie as a horror, turned out to be a comedy to us. 1. The redhead and all her faces and over acting were so comical it was unbelievable. Making faces and nodding like a looney during all scenes- oh dear it was funny. 2. Has anyone taught these actors that there is no need to make a pause after everyones lines? 3. Holy Dark Knight, the scene when the paranormal geek confronts the ghost was the silliest thing I have ever seen. 4. I can't say enough about how lame this was.Save you time and $$ unless you just want to laugh- which I don't think was the point of the movie.

J Yo Absolutely insane film. The acting was phenomenal and the plot was original with plenty of twists and turns to keep you enticed during your watch.You should not watch this film if you are looking for a serious horror film but to have fun and a few crazy scares. It is a horror film and delivers plenty of thrilling moments for example when they are in the house and at night. The actors are very underrated and I would be surprised if they weren't scheduled for a Hollywood blockbuster within the next 1-2 years. Clever, twisted ending and is a definite mind puzzler. 10/10 without a doubtYou'd be a fool to miss it.