I really am having some hard time believing that those actors get paid for doing this sort of job.
The only person who knew how to act, was that blonde girl. And director seems like a person how couldn't even effort a slow Mo camera.
After watching the title I wasn't expecting to watch the conjuring, but sometimes I like to watch bad movie just to kill time and that's it.
But this movie is so annoying.
41 Reviews
2 For Effort
tootyfnfruity14 September 2020
Anytime I review a film and it is just bad I try to at least give it 2 stars for effort. Some have even failed at that. This one deserves at least that,
though barely. All I can say that really hasn't been said in the reviews (unless I missed it) is just watch the trailer on YouTube. That should've been as far as I went with it, but alas, here I am warning you not to follow these footsteps.
A horror movie devoid of horror ingredients...
paul_haakonsen12 September 2020
Alright, well "Paranormal Attraction" wasn't exactly top of the line entertainment. In fact, the movie had a very overshadowing low budget feel to it. But at the same time, the movie actually fared well enough at certain aspects.
The storyline told in "Paranormal Attraction" was pretty straight forward and easy to follow. Perhaps it was a bit on the generic and mundane side of the spectrum at times. And the movie was definitely suffering from being too predictable.
The acting in the movie was actually fair enough, taking into consideration the limitations imposed on the actresses and actors by writers Richard J. Aguirre and Alexander T. Hwang. Personally, I wasn't familiar with a single actor or actress in the movie, so I enjoyed that part of the movie; watching new talents unfold on the screen.
"Paranormal Attraction" was not particularly scary, and I was initially lured in by the movie's cover/poster and the fact that it was labeled as a horror movie. So heads up, the horror elements in "Paranormal Attraction" are few and far apart. So don't get your hopes up for a grand experience in horror and spooks.
Now, I didn't really buy into the whole paranormal aspect of the movie, because it just felt halfhearted and it wasn't really brought to life on the screen in a fulfilling manner to make it believable.
While the 2020 movie "Paranormal Attraction" was watchable, it was hardly a memorable or outstanding movie experience. I managed to sit through the entire movie, but I know that I will never sit down to watch it again.
My rating of "Paranormal Attraction" by director Alexander T. Hwang settles on a three out of ten stars.
The storyline told in "Paranormal Attraction" was pretty straight forward and easy to follow. Perhaps it was a bit on the generic and mundane side of the spectrum at times. And the movie was definitely suffering from being too predictable.
The acting in the movie was actually fair enough, taking into consideration the limitations imposed on the actresses and actors by writers Richard J. Aguirre and Alexander T. Hwang. Personally, I wasn't familiar with a single actor or actress in the movie, so I enjoyed that part of the movie; watching new talents unfold on the screen.
"Paranormal Attraction" was not particularly scary, and I was initially lured in by the movie's cover/poster and the fact that it was labeled as a horror movie. So heads up, the horror elements in "Paranormal Attraction" are few and far apart. So don't get your hopes up for a grand experience in horror and spooks.
Now, I didn't really buy into the whole paranormal aspect of the movie, because it just felt halfhearted and it wasn't really brought to life on the screen in a fulfilling manner to make it believable.
While the 2020 movie "Paranormal Attraction" was watchable, it was hardly a memorable or outstanding movie experience. I managed to sit through the entire movie, but I know that I will never sit down to watch it again.
My rating of "Paranormal Attraction" by director Alexander T. Hwang settles on a three out of ten stars.
d grade garbege
corrosie12 September 2020
After reading the reviews here that praise this movie i decided to give this a go,my mistake.
where to start,the acting is awful,the script is utter garbage,fx ..lol.
what cheeses me off is the false reviews that were written by (most likely) people that were either involved in this movie or at least connected to it in some way.it does no favors when you lie about how good something is,specially when it is utter rot,if it was prompted or written up as a D grade movie that was done on a budget of $2000 to maybe $5000,people might no get so cheesed off when they watch it.
if you like d grade low budget bad acted movies with no real content than this is for you..other wise dont bother.
what cheeses me off is the false reviews that were written by (most likely) people that were either involved in this movie or at least connected to it in some way.it does no favors when you lie about how good something is,specially when it is utter rot,if it was prompted or written up as a D grade movie that was done on a budget of $2000 to maybe $5000,people might no get so cheesed off when they watch it.
if you like d grade low budget bad acted movies with no real content than this is for you..other wise dont bother.
finally i got through this junk of ter ror
ops-5253512 September 2020
And observing that reviewer corrosie already has stolen my words out of my hands, i just conclude with appraisal that all the reviewer has written are correct and truthfully described
ive seen this ensemble making other movies, and their acting hasnt improved anyway, rather worse than ever.directing and production has to be blamed for that, and the use of cheap sound and visual effect aint good enough.
what haunts most are the vast number of inconsistecies and abrupt situations that trails away like a snail in death valley, that appears like a normal rather than exception, and with a weak story and plot this make the ridicule feelings weigh like tons of broken steel.
i will not recommend this fuzzy homemade junk for what it is, junk, and thats the truth from the grumpy old man
ive seen this ensemble making other movies, and their acting hasnt improved anyway, rather worse than ever.directing and production has to be blamed for that, and the use of cheap sound and visual effect aint good enough.
what haunts most are the vast number of inconsistecies and abrupt situations that trails away like a snail in death valley, that appears like a normal rather than exception, and with a weak story and plot this make the ridicule feelings weigh like tons of broken steel.
i will not recommend this fuzzy homemade junk for what it is, junk, and thats the truth from the grumpy old man
Paranormal Atrocity
tmccull527 October 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Our hero, Sara Myers, played by Brooklyn Haley, is hired to clean out and clean up an abandoned house. The house will then be put up on the market for sale by a realtor associate of Sara's. Sara is hoping that this job will afford her the opportunity to establish her own moving company.
While being shown through the house by the realtor, Sara asks the realtor what happened to the previous tenants. She is told by the realtor that the tenants just up and disappeared, and that the tenant before them died in the house. The realtor also tells Sarah that there has been a problem with vagrants frequenting the abandoned property to use the swimming pool.
On Sara's first night alone in the house, she's sitting in bed, working on her laptop computer. While she is doing this, the door to the master bath slowly opens by itself. Sara gets up to investigate, finds nothing, and goes back to bed, promptly falling asleep.
The next day, Sara's ditzy best friend and her boyfriend come over to help Sara out.
After some odd activity at the house, Sara meets a uniformed police officer, Officer Elaine Bennett. Let the Sapphic sparks begin to fly and smolder, there is an unspoken attraction between Sara and Officer Elaine. Sara, you see, is fresh off of an abusive relationship with a man, and she is open to a little TLC. Officer Elaine is the likely profferer of said TLC.
Sara has another frightening experience, and Officer Elaine shows up again. More sparks fly, and Sara and Officer Elaine begin to flirt more aggressively and openly. Officer Elaine takes Sara to lunch, and while they're away, the ditzy, and suddenly psychic bestie, Kelly and her boyfriend, Nick, show up at the house. While there, Kelly has a vision which frightens her.
Sara and Officer Elaine return, to find naked Kelly and naked Nick in the pool. Kelly needed a swim to clear her head after receiving the frightening vision, you see. After introducing Kelly and Nick to Officer Elaine, Sara and Officer Elaine agree to a dinner date.
That night, Sara has an erotic dream where she is in bed with an unidentified man. The man starts hurting Sara during sex, and she tells him to stop. Then Sara wakes up.
The next morning, Nick contacts Officer Elaine and tells her about Jeff, Sara's abusive ex. While this conversation is going on, Jeff happens to show up and aptly displays the fact that he's a belligerent a**hole. Officer Elaine and Jeff verbally whip out their junk to see whose is bigger, and Officer Elaine warns Jeff to watch himself, unless he wants the full weight of the law brought to bear upon him.
In the meantime, the realtor, Melanie, stops by to check on Sarah. Sara shows her a picture of a woman that isn't in any of the photos left behind by the people who had abandoned the house. Melanie says that she doesn't know who the woman could be, and she advises Sara to take a bath and have some wine.
Sara takes a bath, and is attacked by someone and nearly drowns in the tub. She recovers and Elaine calls. Elaine comes over and picks up Sara for their date. As they drive away, the entity in the house watches them leave.
Sara seems distracted on the drive to dinner, and Elaine offers a raincheck, but Sara takes Elaine's hand and tells Elaine that she likes her. Sara says that she dated other women in college, but there was never anything serious. After chatting a bit, they go to dinner, and Elaine brings Sara home. Sara initiates a kiss just before Elaine leaves, and invites her to a barbeque that weekend.
Sara goes to bed, and the entity begins to call out to her, telling her that it will always love her. Sara wakes up and begins to look around the bedroom. Kelly shows up unexpectedly, and claims that she has research about the house.
Kelly gives Sara an article about a woman who was killed by a stalker in the house, and it is the mystery woman that Sara has asked Melanie about. We then get a flashback/reenactment about the murder of the mystery woman by a male friend who has becomed obsessed with her. He demands that she tell him that she loves him, and when she does, he accuses her of lying, and kills her. Kelly convinces Sara that Melanie had lied to her about not knowing who the mystery woman was, or what really happened to her.
Kelly proposes that she and Nick help Sara Purge the house of evil energy by burning sage in the house. While this cleansing is going on, Jeff the A**hole shows up, sneaking around the outside of the house.
We then cut to the barbeque, and Officer Elaine shows up. Barbeque fun and hijinks ensue between Sara, Officer Elaine, Kelly, and Nick. After dinner, Kelly proposes a game of Truth or Dare. Sara dares Nick to give Officer Elaine a lap dance. More fun and hijinks ensue. Officer Elaine then asks Kelly if she's psychic, and Kelly says that she is. Nick then dares Sara to kiss Officer Elaine.
While this is going on, Nick sees the male entity in the house, and becomes possessed. He tells Sara and Elaine that their attraction repulses them, then he bashes Kelly's head against the table and tosses her into the pool. He then attacks Officer Elaine, but Sara manages to talk him down so that Officer Elaine can subdue him.
Nick is knocked out, and Kelly is rescued and revived. She then tells Sara and Officer Elaine that the house is home to an incubus, a male demon who sexually preys upon it's victims. Kelly proposes the idea of coming back to the house the next day, with Nick, to exorcise the incubus from the house. Officer Elaine takes Sara back to her house, where they finally become sexually intimate.
The next day, Officer Elaine takes Sara home, and then has to go to work. The house is trashed, as if the incubus had a hissy fit that Sara was gone for the night, but Kelly and Nick are there to help her clean up.
Kelly strips down to her undies, and explains that this is essential to the exorcism to draw the incubus out of hiding. She then clips some of Sara's hair, and tells Sara that she needs to strip down, too. While they are preparing to begin, Jeff the A**hole sneaks into the house and begins to sniff Sara's soiled panties.
Kelly tells Sara that she needs to be asleep for the ritual, and she puts Sara under. While Kelly begins the incantation, Sara begins to dream about the incubus. She tells it that she isn't afraid of it. While this is going on, the incubus possesses Jeff the A**hole, and kills Nick. The possessed a**hole knocks out Kelly. Somehow, without anyone having called her, Officer Elaine shows up in the nick of time and shoots Jeff the A**hole.
After the shooting, Sara confesses that she loves Officer Elaine, and they go in to check on Kelly.
Now, Nick had been killed, Jeff the A**hole has been shot, and no authorities asude from Officer Elaine are on the scene. Oh no! The demon has possessed Officer Elaine, who shoots and kills Sara.
We then cut to Realtor Melanie showing the house to the new owners, and Officer Elaine shows up. She tells the happy new home owners that she will be by to personally check on them.on a regular basis. Officer Elaine and Melanie chat about Sara, who had mysteriously disappeared. Officer Elaine leaves, and her eyes burn red to show that she is still possessed by the incubus, and there, the movie ends.
Sara is dead. Kelly is dead. Nick is dead. Jeff the A**hole is dead, and Officer Elaine is possessed, and has set her sights on the new home owners, particularly the wife. Roll credits.
Everything about this movie is stupidly gratuitous, everything. From Sara's bisexuality, to Jeff the A**hole being black, to the scene where Nick is under the sheets going down on Kelly while she's on the phone with Sara, to the couple at the end being interracial. None of it feels or seems genuine. It was like the film makers went out of their way to check as many boxes as necessary to be politically correct, and that's it.
This isn't the worst horror movie that I've ever seen, but it isn't anywhere near good, either.
While being shown through the house by the realtor, Sara asks the realtor what happened to the previous tenants. She is told by the realtor that the tenants just up and disappeared, and that the tenant before them died in the house. The realtor also tells Sarah that there has been a problem with vagrants frequenting the abandoned property to use the swimming pool.
On Sara's first night alone in the house, she's sitting in bed, working on her laptop computer. While she is doing this, the door to the master bath slowly opens by itself. Sara gets up to investigate, finds nothing, and goes back to bed, promptly falling asleep.
The next day, Sara's ditzy best friend and her boyfriend come over to help Sara out.
After some odd activity at the house, Sara meets a uniformed police officer, Officer Elaine Bennett. Let the Sapphic sparks begin to fly and smolder, there is an unspoken attraction between Sara and Officer Elaine. Sara, you see, is fresh off of an abusive relationship with a man, and she is open to a little TLC. Officer Elaine is the likely profferer of said TLC.
Sara has another frightening experience, and Officer Elaine shows up again. More sparks fly, and Sara and Officer Elaine begin to flirt more aggressively and openly. Officer Elaine takes Sara to lunch, and while they're away, the ditzy, and suddenly psychic bestie, Kelly and her boyfriend, Nick, show up at the house. While there, Kelly has a vision which frightens her.
Sara and Officer Elaine return, to find naked Kelly and naked Nick in the pool. Kelly needed a swim to clear her head after receiving the frightening vision, you see. After introducing Kelly and Nick to Officer Elaine, Sara and Officer Elaine agree to a dinner date.
That night, Sara has an erotic dream where she is in bed with an unidentified man. The man starts hurting Sara during sex, and she tells him to stop. Then Sara wakes up.
The next morning, Nick contacts Officer Elaine and tells her about Jeff, Sara's abusive ex. While this conversation is going on, Jeff happens to show up and aptly displays the fact that he's a belligerent a**hole. Officer Elaine and Jeff verbally whip out their junk to see whose is bigger, and Officer Elaine warns Jeff to watch himself, unless he wants the full weight of the law brought to bear upon him.
In the meantime, the realtor, Melanie, stops by to check on Sarah. Sara shows her a picture of a woman that isn't in any of the photos left behind by the people who had abandoned the house. Melanie says that she doesn't know who the woman could be, and she advises Sara to take a bath and have some wine.
Sara takes a bath, and is attacked by someone and nearly drowns in the tub. She recovers and Elaine calls. Elaine comes over and picks up Sara for their date. As they drive away, the entity in the house watches them leave.
Sara seems distracted on the drive to dinner, and Elaine offers a raincheck, but Sara takes Elaine's hand and tells Elaine that she likes her. Sara says that she dated other women in college, but there was never anything serious. After chatting a bit, they go to dinner, and Elaine brings Sara home. Sara initiates a kiss just before Elaine leaves, and invites her to a barbeque that weekend.
Sara goes to bed, and the entity begins to call out to her, telling her that it will always love her. Sara wakes up and begins to look around the bedroom. Kelly shows up unexpectedly, and claims that she has research about the house.
Kelly gives Sara an article about a woman who was killed by a stalker in the house, and it is the mystery woman that Sara has asked Melanie about. We then get a flashback/reenactment about the murder of the mystery woman by a male friend who has becomed obsessed with her. He demands that she tell him that she loves him, and when she does, he accuses her of lying, and kills her. Kelly convinces Sara that Melanie had lied to her about not knowing who the mystery woman was, or what really happened to her.
Kelly proposes that she and Nick help Sara Purge the house of evil energy by burning sage in the house. While this cleansing is going on, Jeff the A**hole shows up, sneaking around the outside of the house.
We then cut to the barbeque, and Officer Elaine shows up. Barbeque fun and hijinks ensue between Sara, Officer Elaine, Kelly, and Nick. After dinner, Kelly proposes a game of Truth or Dare. Sara dares Nick to give Officer Elaine a lap dance. More fun and hijinks ensue. Officer Elaine then asks Kelly if she's psychic, and Kelly says that she is. Nick then dares Sara to kiss Officer Elaine.
While this is going on, Nick sees the male entity in the house, and becomes possessed. He tells Sara and Elaine that their attraction repulses them, then he bashes Kelly's head against the table and tosses her into the pool. He then attacks Officer Elaine, but Sara manages to talk him down so that Officer Elaine can subdue him.
Nick is knocked out, and Kelly is rescued and revived. She then tells Sara and Officer Elaine that the house is home to an incubus, a male demon who sexually preys upon it's victims. Kelly proposes the idea of coming back to the house the next day, with Nick, to exorcise the incubus from the house. Officer Elaine takes Sara back to her house, where they finally become sexually intimate.
The next day, Officer Elaine takes Sara home, and then has to go to work. The house is trashed, as if the incubus had a hissy fit that Sara was gone for the night, but Kelly and Nick are there to help her clean up.
Kelly strips down to her undies, and explains that this is essential to the exorcism to draw the incubus out of hiding. She then clips some of Sara's hair, and tells Sara that she needs to strip down, too. While they are preparing to begin, Jeff the A**hole sneaks into the house and begins to sniff Sara's soiled panties.
Kelly tells Sara that she needs to be asleep for the ritual, and she puts Sara under. While Kelly begins the incantation, Sara begins to dream about the incubus. She tells it that she isn't afraid of it. While this is going on, the incubus possesses Jeff the A**hole, and kills Nick. The possessed a**hole knocks out Kelly. Somehow, without anyone having called her, Officer Elaine shows up in the nick of time and shoots Jeff the A**hole.
After the shooting, Sara confesses that she loves Officer Elaine, and they go in to check on Kelly.
Now, Nick had been killed, Jeff the A**hole has been shot, and no authorities asude from Officer Elaine are on the scene. Oh no! The demon has possessed Officer Elaine, who shoots and kills Sara.
We then cut to Realtor Melanie showing the house to the new owners, and Officer Elaine shows up. She tells the happy new home owners that she will be by to personally check on them.on a regular basis. Officer Elaine and Melanie chat about Sara, who had mysteriously disappeared. Officer Elaine leaves, and her eyes burn red to show that she is still possessed by the incubus, and there, the movie ends.
Sara is dead. Kelly is dead. Nick is dead. Jeff the A**hole is dead, and Officer Elaine is possessed, and has set her sights on the new home owners, particularly the wife. Roll credits.
Everything about this movie is stupidly gratuitous, everything. From Sara's bisexuality, to Jeff the A**hole being black, to the scene where Nick is under the sheets going down on Kelly while she's on the phone with Sara, to the couple at the end being interracial. None of it feels or seems genuine. It was like the film makers went out of their way to check as many boxes as necessary to be politically correct, and that's it.
This isn't the worst horror movie that I've ever seen, but it isn't anywhere near good, either.
Where'd the Money Go?
arfdawg-119 September 2020
There is some production value --even an opening helicopter shot.
The acting is horrendous.
And let me give you one non-spoiler example at how poor the writing is: Basically after the titles the main woman is in bed with her laptop. The bathroom door slowly opens. She gets freaked and goes to look but takes like 2 minutes to slowly y close her laptop before getting out of bed. Who would do that? Ed Wood.
The movie is also real slow. And doesnt make a ton of sense.
So with all the production value, it seems they skimped on actors who could act, writers who could write and directors who could direct.
The acting is horrendous.
And let me give you one non-spoiler example at how poor the writing is: Basically after the titles the main woman is in bed with her laptop. The bathroom door slowly opens. She gets freaked and goes to look but takes like 2 minutes to slowly y close her laptop before getting out of bed. Who would do that? Ed Wood.
The movie is also real slow. And doesnt make a ton of sense.
So with all the production value, it seems they skimped on actors who could act, writers who could write and directors who could direct.
Why bother
derek-moorse13 September 2020
very bad
referenciajoia-464455 October 2020
How was the actress that played "Sarah" get casted? 🤣🤣🤣
sandrallara21 November 2020
All that's missing is the popcorn!
beemtoaustin10 September 2020
Great use of minimal locations help to impact the urgency and reality in this heart stopping indie horror flick. Powerful jump scares kept me on the edge of my seat throughout. All that's missing is a dark room and the popcorn.
Horror flick worth seeing
lindapalmer13 September 2020
-10 stars.
reubenseldo6 December 2020
Horrible
mikelinep9 November 2020
I watched the first 20min of it. First thing I noticed was the bad acting. Second thing I noticed was that I can see why her moving business is not doing great. She is a bad packer and cleaner. She cleaned the mantle without moving all the objects off it. Which should have been placed in boxes.
Tone Deaf
xxxtiiiaxxx19 November 2020
The best thing about this movie is the "heated" pool in the backyard of the house being filmed. The leading actress is so mono tone and one note I couldn't figure out if she was scared or bored. I also found it distracting that the best friend couldn't say a line and look at someone's face at the same time. I was always wondering what she was looking at. Clearly it was more entertaining.
I didn't expect much from a title called 'Paranormal Attraction' but even with a bad title I do expect actors to at least seem interested.
Horrendous acting...
Rastifan18 April 2021
Slow moving, mixed bag of a horror flick
stsinger13 September 2020
"Paranormal Attraction" is a slow moving low budget horror flick. Sara Meyers (Brooklyn Haley) is apparently trying to start a moving company, and her friend Melanie has hired her to stay at a house and pack it up so she can sell it. Melanie doesn't really explain why the previous owners left so quickly, leaving pretty much their entire belongings, but we have suspicions since the prologue hints of a violent murder taking place there.
Sara starts to clean, taping what she's doing so she can use it as an advertisement for her company. She is joined occasionally by her "bestie" Kelly and Kelly's boyfriend Nick. As a backstory, it turns out that part of the reason Sara has taken this job is that she is running away from a very abusive and scary ex-boyfriend. But as she starts to clean the house, strange things start happening. Sara worries that someone has broken in, so she calls the police, and as is sort of typical, one of the police takes a liking to Sara and they start one of those "only in the movies" relationships. However, in a sort of nice change of pace, the officer is a woman. But as time goes on, whatever is causing the strange things to happen won't leave Sara alone and finally shows itself ...
"Paranormal Attraction" has some things going for it. The lead actors and actresses are appealing and do a nice job, the fact that the relationship we see is woman/woman makes it far more interesting than these things usually are, and the two actresses involved (Haley and Nicole Cinaglia) actually have a nice, easy-going chemistry that makes us sort of root for them.
But it also has things against it. It's way too slow to reveal what's going on, and there is way too much "non-horror" stuff going on. And there's an old joke that asks why would anyone stay in a house that appears haunted. Well, you'll ask about that in spades when you see what happens to Sara. Not just noises, but shapes, door open and close, rooms get ransacked, clothes literally throw themselves at her... crazy amount of stuff that definitely makes you wonder why she sticks around.
So a mixed bag. I've gotta admit I found it a pleasant way to spend 90 minutes, but if you're looking for big scares or extreme horror or "found footage" you won't find it here.
Sara starts to clean, taping what she's doing so she can use it as an advertisement for her company. She is joined occasionally by her "bestie" Kelly and Kelly's boyfriend Nick. As a backstory, it turns out that part of the reason Sara has taken this job is that she is running away from a very abusive and scary ex-boyfriend. But as she starts to clean the house, strange things start happening. Sara worries that someone has broken in, so she calls the police, and as is sort of typical, one of the police takes a liking to Sara and they start one of those "only in the movies" relationships. However, in a sort of nice change of pace, the officer is a woman. But as time goes on, whatever is causing the strange things to happen won't leave Sara alone and finally shows itself ...
"Paranormal Attraction" has some things going for it. The lead actors and actresses are appealing and do a nice job, the fact that the relationship we see is woman/woman makes it far more interesting than these things usually are, and the two actresses involved (Haley and Nicole Cinaglia) actually have a nice, easy-going chemistry that makes us sort of root for them.
But it also has things against it. It's way too slow to reveal what's going on, and there is way too much "non-horror" stuff going on. And there's an old joke that asks why would anyone stay in a house that appears haunted. Well, you'll ask about that in spades when you see what happens to Sara. Not just noises, but shapes, door open and close, rooms get ransacked, clothes literally throw themselves at her... crazy amount of stuff that definitely makes you wonder why she sticks around.
So a mixed bag. I've gotta admit I found it a pleasant way to spend 90 minutes, but if you're looking for big scares or extreme horror or "found footage" you won't find it here.
Lead 'actor' exhibits some of the worst acting i think I've ever seen.
iekikapeka7 March 2023
This movie just shouldn't have been made. If the camera work doesn't let you know very early on in the movie that this isn't a well made movie, the 'acting' will let you know in short order.
The only one I found passable was the actress playing the cop, who seems out of place with her natural easy way of acting surrounded by others who need to give up their profession. Perhaps she should have had the lead, because I've no idea how the lead was cast as she was. Unnatural, forced and awkward, I was laughing at the poor acting in several parts, and cringed too much.
Only watched half an hour, perhaps max of 45 minutes. I just couldn't waste any more time on it, even as a background movie whilst doing something else.
I get that the writing and direction have parts to play, not only in producing a bad movie, but in bringing out the worst in actors, but there's only so much blame you can place on them when the actors have zero talent.
Imagine that you, the viewer, with a profession and hobbies that have nothing to do with acting or film making, rocked up to play a part in a movie as a side gig. This is what you get. Utterly awful.
I was a little surprised at the storyline of the cop and lead character dating as they were gay, surprised in a good way, it's not represented enough in films. I gave an extra star for this.
The only one I found passable was the actress playing the cop, who seems out of place with her natural easy way of acting surrounded by others who need to give up their profession. Perhaps she should have had the lead, because I've no idea how the lead was cast as she was. Unnatural, forced and awkward, I was laughing at the poor acting in several parts, and cringed too much.
Only watched half an hour, perhaps max of 45 minutes. I just couldn't waste any more time on it, even as a background movie whilst doing something else.
I get that the writing and direction have parts to play, not only in producing a bad movie, but in bringing out the worst in actors, but there's only so much blame you can place on them when the actors have zero talent.
Imagine that you, the viewer, with a profession and hobbies that have nothing to do with acting or film making, rocked up to play a part in a movie as a side gig. This is what you get. Utterly awful.
I was a little surprised at the storyline of the cop and lead character dating as they were gay, surprised in a good way, it's not represented enough in films. I gave an extra star for this.
Who's this girl?
nogodnomasters22 September 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Sara Meyers (Brooklyn Haley ) is hired to clean up a nice suburban abandoned house with a heated pool. The previous owners have vanished. We know from the opening scene there was a murder in this house. Sara is helped by her ditzy friend Kelly (Eden Shea Beck) and Kelly's boyfriend Nick (Hunter Johnson). Officer Evelyn Bennett (Nicole Cinaglia ) stops by for increased eye candy.
Typical house possession film. Go to library and find out what happened which is about an hour into the film, jamming any paranormal thrills into the last half hour. Characters were not bad, they just didn't do anything with them.
Guide: F-word. sex. brief butt nudity (Brooklyn Haley)
Typical house possession film. Go to library and find out what happened which is about an hour into the film, jamming any paranormal thrills into the last half hour. Characters were not bad, they just didn't do anything with them.
Guide: F-word. sex. brief butt nudity (Brooklyn Haley)
Rather enjoyable and creepy indie effort
kannibalcorpsegrinder31 December 2020
Following the current tenants' death, a woman moves into the house to prepare it for the next owner by the real estate company, but when she comes to believe the house may be haunted by a malicious spirit that's feeding off her troubled past she gathers her friends to get the spirit to leave them alone.
For the most part, this was a pretty solid indie effort. Among its more enjoyable aspects is the strong setup that starts the film off as the concept employed here is really creative. Bringing in the cleaner with an abusive boyfriend in the past to fix up a house for a resale opportunity and leaving her alone to deal with the belongings inside causes this to be unique in that the setup brings about the backstory of the house's history with intruders she needs to watch out for. That causes a wholly impressive easy dismissal about all the strange happenings that occur here since the idea of the house being targeted by others for harmless get-togethers before the official business she's involved with to be the rational explanation for all the strange happenings she's a part of alone in the house. That build-up turns out to be quite enjoyable as the series of incidents in the house becomes quite chilling over time. With the focus being on finding rooms are strewn about in disarray in a time-frame that was impossible to be done in the period she was out to hear whispers and voices outside, the slow-build from these incidents to the more overt and prominent ones involving her dreams about what's going on that start to bring up some intriguing scenarios. The gradual reveal of the real history here and it's subsequent attacks on them at the party then turns into the rather big final confrontation at the end with them performing the occult ritual and getting some enjoyable action in here that plays off rather nicely, giving this a solid amount to like. Coupled with a surprising amount of restraint for a film about a sleazy sex demon that's quite unexpected, these hold this up for the most part. There are some issues in the film. The biggest factor against this one is a somewhat complex and convoluted storyline that has a bit much going on. The idea of the house being redone and her friends stopping by to help her occasionally is a fine idea, but the various homeowners in the house or the blossoming romance with the cop are somewhat overdone. Both of these tend to make the film feel quite long at points as there's not much in the way of genuine supernatural happenings while the film spells out the identity of the mysterious photographs or shows them going out on dates together, and when added with the subplot about the abusive ex it feels like too much is going on. As well, the other problem here is the ending stinger which makes no real sense and comes off with more of a confusing state than intended after what's been built-up, but otherwise, there isn't much else to dislike here.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language, Violence and Brief Nudity.
For the most part, this was a pretty solid indie effort. Among its more enjoyable aspects is the strong setup that starts the film off as the concept employed here is really creative. Bringing in the cleaner with an abusive boyfriend in the past to fix up a house for a resale opportunity and leaving her alone to deal with the belongings inside causes this to be unique in that the setup brings about the backstory of the house's history with intruders she needs to watch out for. That causes a wholly impressive easy dismissal about all the strange happenings that occur here since the idea of the house being targeted by others for harmless get-togethers before the official business she's involved with to be the rational explanation for all the strange happenings she's a part of alone in the house. That build-up turns out to be quite enjoyable as the series of incidents in the house becomes quite chilling over time. With the focus being on finding rooms are strewn about in disarray in a time-frame that was impossible to be done in the period she was out to hear whispers and voices outside, the slow-build from these incidents to the more overt and prominent ones involving her dreams about what's going on that start to bring up some intriguing scenarios. The gradual reveal of the real history here and it's subsequent attacks on them at the party then turns into the rather big final confrontation at the end with them performing the occult ritual and getting some enjoyable action in here that plays off rather nicely, giving this a solid amount to like. Coupled with a surprising amount of restraint for a film about a sleazy sex demon that's quite unexpected, these hold this up for the most part. There are some issues in the film. The biggest factor against this one is a somewhat complex and convoluted storyline that has a bit much going on. The idea of the house being redone and her friends stopping by to help her occasionally is a fine idea, but the various homeowners in the house or the blossoming romance with the cop are somewhat overdone. Both of these tend to make the film feel quite long at points as there's not much in the way of genuine supernatural happenings while the film spells out the identity of the mysterious photographs or shows them going out on dates together, and when added with the subplot about the abusive ex it feels like too much is going on. As well, the other problem here is the ending stinger which makes no real sense and comes off with more of a confusing state than intended after what's been built-up, but otherwise, there isn't much else to dislike here.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language, Violence and Brief Nudity.
Enough to keep you watching
anthonywriter25 October 2020
Alex T Hwang delivers again...true horror will scare you
shagee79771 October 2020
Director Alex T. Hwang brings us Paranormal Attraction. Sara Myer (Brooklyn Haley), Is offered a deal to clean out a abandoned house by a realtor (Jennifer Nangle) who is friends with her. She is coming off a bad relationship and breakup and feels this will be great to keep her mind off of things.
With out wasting anytime we learn this house has evil spirits occupying it. There is more to the story that the previous owners just left it. As Sarah starts cleaning it out she starts uncovering details of the past residents. Strange knocks and happenings begin occurring and nightmares of an unknown man begin haunting her. She enlists the aid of her 2 friends, Kelly (Eden Shae Beck), and her stoner boyfriend Nick (Hunter Johnson). Also a long for the ride is a sexy police officer. Officer Evelyn Bennett (Nicole Cinaglia) is called in to help investigate and Sarah and her begin to click and fall in love.
One of the highlights is a game of Truth or Dare that starts off fun but then gets really crazy and nothing that unfolds is what you expect. Terrifying events draws the 4 main characters to the limit.
I have said in the past I love movies with minimal characters. I always think it's a challenge to pull that off. But what this has going for it is a great story and great actors. Brooklyn Haley hits another home run with her performance. Her emotions and actions are truly explored to there fullest here. The relationship ship with officer Evelyn is comfortably displayed and unfolds very nicely. You believe they are really attracted and are in love. There is even the bully guy (Darell M. Davie)you want bad things to happen too.
My favorites are her 2 friends Nick and Kelly. They have great chemistry with each other and with Sarah. While watching you really feel they are real friends. The time spent was well spent. From there goofy cleanup montage and BBQ everything feels real and not forced.
You can have the greatest performances but without a good story it's lost. This is a horror movie and you want to be scared. The jumps and beautiful camerawork creates a scary scenario that should be watched with the lights out. So many times is horror movies dark scenes are so dark you can't see anything. This is lighted perfect and all the action unfolds clearly. Dialogue is crisp and a musical score you on the edge of the seat.
Sarah is going through a horrifying experience and perfectly displays it. Brooklyn is now and adult and plays the part well here. Her nightmare scenes as well as a chilling bathtub scene are played with sheer professionalism and you can see this young lady loves acting. This movie just keeps building and building to a satisfying yet unexpected ending.
Look for genre favorites Thomas Haley and Charles Chudabala in cameos. Charles always delights in whatever movie he appears. He is one gifted actor who offers boyish charm to his roles that make you like him automatically.
With out wasting anytime we learn this house has evil spirits occupying it. There is more to the story that the previous owners just left it. As Sarah starts cleaning it out she starts uncovering details of the past residents. Strange knocks and happenings begin occurring and nightmares of an unknown man begin haunting her. She enlists the aid of her 2 friends, Kelly (Eden Shae Beck), and her stoner boyfriend Nick (Hunter Johnson). Also a long for the ride is a sexy police officer. Officer Evelyn Bennett (Nicole Cinaglia) is called in to help investigate and Sarah and her begin to click and fall in love.
One of the highlights is a game of Truth or Dare that starts off fun but then gets really crazy and nothing that unfolds is what you expect. Terrifying events draws the 4 main characters to the limit.
I have said in the past I love movies with minimal characters. I always think it's a challenge to pull that off. But what this has going for it is a great story and great actors. Brooklyn Haley hits another home run with her performance. Her emotions and actions are truly explored to there fullest here. The relationship ship with officer Evelyn is comfortably displayed and unfolds very nicely. You believe they are really attracted and are in love. There is even the bully guy (Darell M. Davie)you want bad things to happen too.
My favorites are her 2 friends Nick and Kelly. They have great chemistry with each other and with Sarah. While watching you really feel they are real friends. The time spent was well spent. From there goofy cleanup montage and BBQ everything feels real and not forced.
You can have the greatest performances but without a good story it's lost. This is a horror movie and you want to be scared. The jumps and beautiful camerawork creates a scary scenario that should be watched with the lights out. So many times is horror movies dark scenes are so dark you can't see anything. This is lighted perfect and all the action unfolds clearly. Dialogue is crisp and a musical score you on the edge of the seat.
Sarah is going through a horrifying experience and perfectly displays it. Brooklyn is now and adult and plays the part well here. Her nightmare scenes as well as a chilling bathtub scene are played with sheer professionalism and you can see this young lady loves acting. This movie just keeps building and building to a satisfying yet unexpected ending.
Look for genre favorites Thomas Haley and Charles Chudabala in cameos. Charles always delights in whatever movie he appears. He is one gifted actor who offers boyish charm to his roles that make you like him automatically.
Great looking film with effective jump scares
supa_fun-110 September 2020
This was a fun watch. Single-location horror/romance film with a good premise that keeps you intrigued the whole time. The cinematography is beautiful, the music is effective, and a lot of the acting is great. Some of the highlights were the flashback scene and the first possession. This film presents a cute love story as well as a horror plot, but sometimes struggles to blend the two, typically resulting in the characters acting like they're in a romcom when there is a demon lurking about. Some of the performances were a bit wooden, but overall the direction was great and it was fun experience.
Excellent Indy horror
NZfilmfinder11 September 2020
Director Alexander T. Hwang understands the horror genre well, and in this creepy indy delivers some great jump scares and disturbing moments as lead actress Sara Meyers finds that when she moves into a temporary new home, she may not be alone. The story moves along at a great pace and when things start to go bump in the night the tension ratchets up and never lets you off the hook. Evoking strong similarities to the classic Nightmare on Elm St franchise this is highly entertaining.
KILLER FLICK!
happyfella30 September 2020
A rock solid and entertaining film from director Alex T. Hwang. It is both haunting and sexual in nature as well as one of the few horror films I have ever seen with an open lesbian relationship in it. It blends well the paranormal horror of It's ghost story and the real life horror of anti female physical abuse in a bad relationship. Very Me to movement and current. Tautly directed by Hwang and with a striking visual cinematic flair the film is also buoyed by the acting of the cast. Of note is newcomer Brooklyn Haley, a natural beauty and a rare find. Over all a quality horror film well worth viewing.
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