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1/10
The Word 'Appalling' Comes To Mind For Lack of a Worse Word
orthodoxhedonist20 August 2008
I'm asking myself how it is I came to this place in my life that I could willfully sit through something this bad and not have sucked out my own soul through my mouth with a truck mounted industrial vacuum and incinerated it in a pool of igneous rock forming magma, then thrown what was left of me in the makings of a lodge fire for kindling.

If this was based on a true story as claimed, I empathize with the sheer sterilizing boredom the original persons must have felt for having gone through this. If you can imagine the most shallow, slow-witted, idiotic people conceivable, and then multiply that x 4, you'll be thinking of people smarter than the starring cast of this pseudo-movie. While the plot itself might have been the only salvageable evidence at the scene of this train wreck, it's quickly torn asunder by the abysmal direction, a script produced in a 2nd grade class project, and the cringe-inducing acting of its mentally challenged cast.

Just when you're thinking this can't possibly be serious, the soundtrack starts playing in what I'd best describe as those free CD's they giveaway for buying stereo equipment. Y'know, the one's labeled 'Music'. If there was something that was supposed to be scary in this movie, between the laughter during what was intended to be poignant moments, and the rush to find earplugs when the soundtrack starts braying, you'll fast see that any entertainment value in this wannabe b-movie quickly loses its novelty. The only marginally redeeming possibility for this tripe once you hit the halfway mark, might have been found in some random gratuitous nude scene with one of the few ill-cast brainless token girlfriend characters, which sadly, never happens. How these actors aren't all wearing safety helmets and name badges is the only thing 'scary' about this straight-to-DVD stinker.

If you haven't stopped this slow motion car accident before it ends, you'll want to point fingers at someone for stealing this time from your life, or if like me, for having fought a grueling war of attrition to endure it all without your face spontaneously exploding. As much as I'd like to blame it on the burgeoning independent film scene in Kentucky, or Illinois, or wherever this pile is from, or even on York Home Video, I can't, because this is in fact the worst 'thing', in my knowledge, to have come from either state, or the Distributors ever, all time. If you're like me you'll find some consolation in using your new DVD as a dog fetch throw toy, or chilled lager coaster.
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An overall poor attempt
aaronsdonovan4 September 2008
I respect the enthusiasm and efforts needed to create an indie film, but that is about all I can respect about 3am. Greg Niecestro's poorly crafted script features an almost indiscernible plot. Even more confusing than the storyline was Greg's decision to cast himself as the main character, Michael. Viewers expect emotion from a character confused by love and terrorized by creepy events, but "stoneface" Greg brought zero emotion to his character. His dialog was on par with a Cinemax soft core porn. I was hoping some of the scenes with attractive actresses featured at least partial nudity. There are several quality scenes, but the bright spots are overshadowed by the terrible script and acting. I was waiting for a boom mic to drop into the picture, but I don't believe this low budget release utilized boom mics. Ayal Stern did a serviceable job in the role of Kenny, standing out as the polished turd in a sea of diarrhea. I'd be somewhat interested to see what Ayal Stern could do with a better script and production.
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1/10
Quite possibly the worst film I have ever had the misfortune to watch.
johnnyparanoia30 April 2017
Purchased the DVD from a £1 shop in the hope that I might discover a hidden gem, how wrong I was. I really miss that £1.

Everything about this movie is awful. The acting is dire, the script is laughable and the plot is almost none existent it is almost like someone received a video camera for Christmas and decided that a movie would be a good way to test it.

I persevered through the entire movie, hoping that the ending may provide a twist or at least something to make the 1h and 31 minutes of my life not entirely wasted....... nope.

There are movies that are so bad they are entertaining to watch and then there are movies that are so bad they are painful to watch.... This one is definitely the latter.

As a bonus though, the 1 hour 31 minute run-time actually seems like around 6 years by the time you've finished so it may be the secret key to immortality if watched repeatedly.

I would have liked to given this movie -10 points but that is not possible (I cannot adequately explain how bad this movie is) so the 1 rating will have to suffice.

If you ever see this movie on sale then do yourself a favor and spend your quid on something else, anything else.... please for your own sanity.
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1/10
cant believe this
bigbounce1421 August 2008
this film was totally awful the acting everything was completely awful but hey i liked the first 20mins was interesting i liked it after wasn't good at all just complete waste of time not scary at all what also ways way boring i really don't mind watching low budget films i rent any type of movies ANY I MEAN and this was just waste cant ever you do don't spend your money on this crappy movie

if you want more details: Inspired by true events, Michael's friend Kenny reveals that he has a ghost living in his room who stops by every night at 3 A.M. Expecting to see nothing but a few tricks, Michael visits the room and experiences otherworldly phenomena that he can't explain. Soon after he seems to be followed by the number 3, appearing everywhere he goes. Intrigued by these events, Michael's younger sister tags along the next day to see the room for herself. Things take a turn for the worse however, as they both find themselves in a place of the dead, with mysterious spirits chasing after them. Michael learns the number 3 is a warning for a long lost love who faces certain doom on September 3rd. Forced to face his past, can he warn her before it's too
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1/10
1 out 10 Seems Generous
MadMike7718 August 2019
20 minutes into this and I was already thinking it's the worse film I've ever seen and nothing else could possibly be worse, ever. It looks like it's filmed in a potato and the sound recorded on a carrot. The direction and writing is completely incoherent. The acting is laughable. There's really nothing more to say about the film. I can see why the director and writer never went on to do anything else.
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1/10
Oh yeah baby ...
silentmist28 March 2010
I loved this DVD ... it flew out of my window with such grace after chucking it with all my strength, I couldn't bring myself to use it as a coaster.

Terrible camera work, Terrible sound, Terrible acting ... I couldn't even bring myself to watch more than 35 minutes of it. Initially I thought it was going to be the films 'style', but the more I witnessed the acting out of a script, the more I decided that this film is just 'bad'.

Whatever company decided this was worth putting on the shelves in your part of the world, needs to be regarded with caution.

If this was made by a 16 year old for a personal portfolio building project, it would of been pretty good. But not something you would expect people to pay money for.
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1/10
Simply one of the worst movie's of all time
betterthenyou30 April 2013
Warning: Spoilers
Paranormal ascendancy or 3AM as it is also known Paranormal ascendancy is a movie done in the knock off shop on the bandwagon of paranormal activity called the gravy train. This film is simply put, one of the worst movies that has ever been produced by anybody EVER. This you may ask is a hard statement to make but to begin this is made by the movie goers audience who keep asking for there money back.

Where to begin? Firstly and obviously Paranormal ascendancy has horrible acting, the acting in the movie is simply horrendous, the emotion that the actors express is the same as a person dressed as a gold statue makes in the normal town square, the actors never get excited, happy, bored or miserable. there is just simply no expression from themselves what so ever.

The young sister is one of the most annoying characters I have ever seen and that includes the likes of Justin Beaber and crazy frog. The sister is extremely repetitive and for an 18 year old she is the most childish character that you will see on screen. The director probably thought that having an incisively annoying character would take light off the fact that the movie hasn't got any ounce of credibility or integrity to its name.

The editing was simply schlock, the editing had extremes of not hearing what the people were saying at all, the speaking wasn't picked up (maybe a good thing) and the music was being so loud It made you think the film was closer to a musical or opera. There was no talent behind the editing, nor the very bad dialogue that we were forced to sit through.

The script itself had next to no consistency or effort put into it, the 3:00am bit that was meant to be linked to some kind of twist or clue came to nothing and the characters had next to no interesting or realistic relationships. so Razzie awards for continuity and plot holes then.

The graphics were just pathetic, the graphics were the same as a drunken fuelled nightmare, just sketchy and blurry without any sense attached to it. There was a radio scene where the two supposed protagonists were meant to meet up and listen to a ghost through a device but nothing happens and that just seemed from a filmmaking point of view, awkward, non-caring and poorly planned as it shows in the film from watching it.

There is a laughable point where the protagonist gets his wrists on his arm cut and just says, "what was that for?", in the most underacted, non-caring ways possible when the protagonist should be screaming in pain from his simmering wound drenched blood. The acting was simply appalling and it is all forgotten about 10 seconds later and the wound heals up conveniently just as quickly.

The film is certainly a sight for saw eyes, this will give you nightmare's but not in the right way. The film itself is a shambolic, non-caring, underacted, money grabbing, poorly constructed excuse for a movie. This straight to DVD abomination should be put as a punishment for those who commit the worst of crimes, it is simply that bad.

I give this film a deservedly 0 out of 10 and I would give it lower if I could.

F.Y.I if you want a bit of fun play the Paranormal ascendancy drinking game, every time you see something bad which is every 5 seconds take a swig. You will be an alcoholic before you know it and with any look you might be able to drown away the memory of this curse of a movie, but like a bad curse it will never leave you fully.
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1/10
an inspirational terrifying waste of time....time for the view to die of boredom
kurupt3928 March 2010
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If i could vote on nought i would do. This film mixed a pure blend of crap with another. the acting was worse than arwful and the cast should of died with the film. there is a point in the film where you decided whether to throw your self out of the window into the path of a combine harvester and allow your imagination to die because your so bored you are looking forward to seeing the credits role.

this was a terrible waste of a Sunday afternoon and my girlfriend ran off to cook dinner as she got so bored she was contemplating cutting herself with the remote. the only thing scary about this film is the fact that it took 90 minutes for the film and the actors to go away.

scary no. boring yes. crap 100 percent.
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9/10
Not the slasher flick I thought but....
nasmansrh27 August 2008
based on the cover i thought the movie was going to be a scary slasher flick. i lOvE slashers, but i was pleasantly surprised by this. The story takes a surprising, if somewhat disappointing, turn as a love story. That being said, the story successfully merges the horror and romance genres. I thought most of the acting was good with a few exceptions. If you are looking for straight up action, this is not the movie to get. If you have the patience to sit through a slowly developing story, you just might enjoy this movie. also since this is a 'true story' i checked out the true story feature and i thought it was kinda funny how close some of the true story matched with the movie. Is is really a 'true story'??? I don't know, but its worth a look id say.
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7/10
Not as bad as the reviews say
ogibson1215 November 2010
again i am on my own here, saying that this movie is not as bad as all the other reviews make it out to be. The ending goes a bit random and a too big a twist for my liking but never the less, not a bad film. i picked this film up from tescos and i watched it the same day, not as scary as the back might lead you on for but never the less, it still has its moments. I think they should make a second movie in this series. and the title is not 3.A.M it is paranormal ascendancy . they made the film drag on a bit in the middle and towards the end but it all does in a weird way come together and make sense at the end. but in the middle you will get really confused but don't worry it will make sense.
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1/10
one of the worst movie i've seen
stanley200223 August 2008
nothing good to say about this movie at all . bad plot, bad dialog, bad camera angles and bad actors. I'm pretty sure the inspired by true event was some BS. i think the "true event" was probably something like a radio turned on once at 3:00 am and they wrote the whole dumb script on it and call it a ghost story inspired by true event. BS movie not worth watching. someone should tell the directors or whoever not to make any movies no more and get a job as a waiter or janitor. they should actually pay us for the time we spent watching this piece of junk. just plain awful. and this IMDb thing is making me type all this so i make the 10 line minimum so i can post this comment.
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1/10
Worst "Paranormal" movie ever
Stevieboy66618 August 2017
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Paranormal Ascendancy. Apparently inspired by true events involving the touching of a wet patch on a bedroom carpet, becoming possessed by an evil water spirit & turning into a mass killer - really??? The cover of the DVD has bad movie written all over it & trust me it is bad. Very, incredibly, unbelievably bad. Obviously done on a very low budget the acting, lighting, sound & plot are all dire. I only paid £1 for this rubbish, my advice is don't waste your time or money on it unless you hate yourself! Worst film I've seen so far this year, and that's saying something.
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10/10
Best Film I've seen in years
annii-mariani30 March 2017
Sat down to watch this and were so scared.

Brilliant lighting.

High sound quality Top class acting. Would definitely recommend.

Gripped all the way through couldn't look away.

Perfect amount of scary for me
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