I certainly wouldn't call this great, and it'd be a stretch to even call it good, but for what it is, (a relatively unknown and very low budget horror), it's above average quality. The actor who played Johnathan especially, Paul Flannery, had such a charm and stage presence to him, and with a good script, I really think he'd do numbers! Unfortunately, Ghosts of Darkness is not that script; it's weak, not well paced, riddled with clichés and bad decisions and missed potential. It's also constrained by the stagnant singular setting and singular only other cast member, not leaving much room for natural dialogue to play off others or more intrigue
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The filming/camerawork itself however is steady and professional. Also the horror/blood makeup at the end is surprisingly subtly well done/eerie and impressive (for the most part), which suited the film and built up atmosphere well, but then the final scenes tainted themselves with bad cgi they did not have the budget to pull off, nor the strength of story to justify needing, which just transformed the whole vibe into something rather silly and laughable rather than genuinely creepy.
Overall, this had a couple surprisingly decent tidbits here and there (again, for what it is), but it's still just rather tired and too stiff/stale to be anything really special.
The filming/camerawork itself however is steady and professional. Also the horror/blood makeup at the end is surprisingly subtly well done/eerie and impressive (for the most part), which suited the film and built up atmosphere well, but then the final scenes tainted themselves with bad cgi they did not have the budget to pull off, nor the strength of story to justify needing, which just transformed the whole vibe into something rather silly and laughable rather than genuinely creepy.
Overall, this had a couple surprisingly decent tidbits here and there (again, for what it is), but it's still just rather tired and too stiff/stale to be anything really special.