TL;DR: 6/10, better by far than many similar low-budget efforts, with a solid story that drags just a bit towards the end. More likely to appeal to fans of the "found footage" genre and those of us who have come of age in the YouTube era.
The Long Version:
If you're looking for a Hollywood-style production, this isn't it. If you can groove on the idea of (fictional) "vlogs" strung together to tell a story, give it a chance.
Casting & Production:
Actor-director Joe Covarrubias does a solid job in the starring role. He appears to be playing himself, more or less, which works just fine here: he could be any YouTuber documenting weird happenings at home.
His delivery is natural and effective, and he comes across as genuinely curious, frightened, angry, and perplexed by turns.
Son Landon is charming as himself--I get the impression that his role is largely unscripted, simply shot from daily life and edited in, which is a wise directorial decision given that he's probably about 4 years old. As a result, his performance mostly lacks the stilted quality all to common when very young children appear in low-budget productions.
The only other cast members are a woman who seems fairly natural in her role as a passing visitor to the cemetery (more on that in a sec) and a man who appears briefly as the house's evil former resident. I failed to note their names, but they play their brief parts well.
As a previous reviewer noted, Covarrubias is a little less convincing voice-acting the role of the house's prior owner during a telephone call.
Likewise, the Electronic Voice Phenomenon scene is a little unconvincing--but I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt, given that this is clearly a super-low-budget production.
Story & Pacing:
By that same measure, Covarrubias has made the very smart decision to rely mostly on storytelling, with very few special effects. There are no huge jump-scares. Much of what happens takes the form of creepy footsteps and a panicky dog, but those elements are well-used to support the story.
The story itself is, to an extent, standard haunted-house fare. It's mostly well-told, but drags a little towards the end.
To its credit, it doesn't suffer from an overabundance of "plot bunnies," though Joe's encounter with the "random" lady in the cemetery who just happens to know everything about the house's evil former resident is a bit of a stretch (not too much of one, though: I grew up in a small town where everyone knows a fair bit of the local lore, so I'll call it plausible).
Overall, I enjoyed this quite a bit more than I thought I would, and while it wouldn't be first on my re-watch list, I wouldn't object to seeing it again.
Congrats to Mr. Covarrubias for creating a pretty enjoyable movie with a tiny cast and budget.
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