Pennhurst (2012)

Director:

Michael Rooker

Writers:

Joe Nelms, Sue Bailey,

Stars:

Haylie Duff, Beverley Mitchell, Michael Rooker

Cast

Credited cast:
Haylie Duff	...	Megan
Beverley Mitchell	...	Sarah
Michael Rooker	...	Dount Shop Employee
Amanda Dunn	...	Jesse
J. LaRose	...	Willard
Robb Pruitt	...	Elden
Jimmy Palumbo	...	Scott
Michael McKiddy	...	Badger
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sarah Agor	...	Alyssa
Andrew Betz	...	Vincent
Marc Bicking	...	Electroshock Doctor
Aubrey Curtis	...	Nurse
Max DiNatale	...	Legless Ghost
Jessica Funtenatto	...	Amelia
Heather Haberman	...	Paranormal Investigator

Storyline

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 October 2012 (UK)

Also Known As:

The Lost Episode

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Primary PIctures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

77 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Just...don't.

Not a found footage movie, but rather a movie based upon what's become one of the more standard found footage movie plots. What am I talking about? Only this...

Pennhurst is about a group of obnoxious teens who go to an abandoned mental hospital to screw around. While there, the most obnoxious of the bunch tells the story of a TV "ghost hunting" crew who visited that selfsame hospital and were brutally murdered. Pretty standard, yes? No! This film doesn't even try to maintain the found footage conceit. Badly chosen music, meant to be scary I suppose, crops up on the soundtrack throughout. And speaking of scary, there ain't none. Maybe two or three scenes, all of them staring the film's director/star Michael Rooker, could be considered at all scary and then only if they were taken out of context with rest of the film.

If Pennhurst has a saving grace, it's that at least the cast looked like they were having fun shooting it. Which is good, because I doubt anyone else will enjoy it as much.