Ghost in the Graveyard

I had not heard about "Ghost in the Graveyard" from writer and director Charlie Comparetto before I sat down to watch it. And why did I watch it? Well, solely because it was a horror movie and also because the movie's poster/cover was actually interesting.

The movie, however, wasn't all that interesting. In fact, it turned out to be a less than mediocre movie experience as a whole. The storyline wasn't overly thrilling or particularly captivating, and the movie was fairly slow-paced. Plus, it didn't really help much that the script and plot was just bland.

For a horror movie, then the 2019 movie "Ghost in the Graveyard" is a snoozefest and a movie that came and will go without leaving any dent in the horror genre. This is by no means a particularly memorable or outstanding horror movie. Sure, it is watchable, but hardly a movie that you will be watching a second time around.

The acting in the movie was adequate, although you shouldn't be expecting any grand Shakespearian performances here. I will say that Kelli Berglund, playing Sally, carried the movie quite well with her individual performance, just a shame she had so precious little to work with in terms of plot, script and storyline.

The movie is not a CGI heavy horror galore. In fact, there are very few special effects in the movie. I enjoy that, but the movie didn't have enough material in its storyline or script to support not having a grand spectacle of CGI effects. And to make matters worse, then there were hardly any usage of special effects throughout the course of the movie.

"Ghost in the Graveyard" is a less than mediocre horror experience, because it simply lacks scares and it doesn't really ever feel like the movie takes flight, so it just trots around in the mediocrity that it settled into.

My rating of this movie is a four out of ten stars.

Wow! Not a good wow either! Scenes start and end abruptly, the acting is nothing short of shocking (*see "nobody messes with my baby) And for crying out loud... Who the hell does the baby belong to and why is it always in bed? Dreadful film.

This film had a plot that was full of possibilities but it failed to deliver.

The acting wasn't great but I've seen worse. The few special effects weren't all that great. The story is weak at best and the pace is slow. The dialog didn't seem to have been well thought out and choppy. The characters are boring and they lack depth.

The one thing that I thought was done well is the filming. It had a nice polished look to it and that gave it a professional feel.

It isn't outright awful but I won't be remembering it.

Ghost in the Graveyard starts with a rather known routine for us horror fans, one that somewhat succeeds at first but slowly fades into the usual, forgotten end.

I wished I liked this more, because it began with a promising idea and execution, perhaps slightly rushed, yet everything seemed in place to see the plot executed from a point of view that just maybe differed from the average ones. But in the end it all came crumbling down, and the idea presented here, came out as absurd instead of lightening, the script split in more than one direction, it lost its main audience, and tried to tie all lose ends in one big finale that failed, annoyed and bored me. Indeed the movie's run time is only 1.30h, still managed to seem a lot longer because of all the front and backs it suffered in order to show those different offshoots that needed to come together, so Ghost in a Graveyard is pretty much a swing and a miss, with a long flight time in between.

Nothing here to recommend sadly, most likely others will feel differently after the first 15 minutes, that perhaps this review is too harsh, yet in the end I feel that people will agree with me.

Cheers!

This movie is completely incoherent, poorly directed, edited, and acted. Has a confusing plot, leaves too many questions unanswered, and is utterly non-scary. A low budget is no excuse for lazy writing and shoddy execution. One of the worst films I have ever seen. Do not waste your time with it.