So I'm probably pretty biased as I like campy horror with decent plot. This happens to be one of those using the good-ole found footage recipe we all loved coming out of the 90s. The film itself is pretty low budget in that most of the scares are done using real actors with digital effects overlayed.
It doesn't look terrible and can be pretty freaky at times, but you shouldn't expect some crazy monster/ghost/demon freakshow at all times. It plays on your psyche by immersing you in an asylum that transcends reality. The spirits have the power to manipulate the massive corridors and stairwells, leading the protagonists around a giant maze that they struggle to comprehend. Meanwhile time seems to have no relevant meaning. Eventually they find themselves getting picked off one by one until they're driven into the tunnels under the asylum where the last of them disappear seemingly.
For its time, this plot was pretty original and executed rather well. I watched the sequel which wasn't awful, but spent most of the time setting up the background plot of filming a horror movie rather than uncovering the secrets within the asylum. There's been a third movie in the works for years now. Not sure if it'll ever happen, but I hope it does.
It doesn't look terrible and can be pretty freaky at times, but you shouldn't expect some crazy monster/ghost/demon freakshow at all times. It plays on your psyche by immersing you in an asylum that transcends reality. The spirits have the power to manipulate the massive corridors and stairwells, leading the protagonists around a giant maze that they struggle to comprehend. Meanwhile time seems to have no relevant meaning. Eventually they find themselves getting picked off one by one until they're driven into the tunnels under the asylum where the last of them disappear seemingly.
For its time, this plot was pretty original and executed rather well. I watched the sequel which wasn't awful, but spent most of the time setting up the background plot of filming a horror movie rather than uncovering the secrets within the asylum. There's been a third movie in the works for years now. Not sure if it'll ever happen, but I hope it does.