First, the GOOD. The acting is good. It also is refreshing to have a film about a ghost-hunting show which is not a found footage/POV film, although there are some parts using that. Finally, it is always refreshing to watch a film not made in southern California.
The BAD. The mean-spirited parts were the gruesome beating/murders of the two women (both who were pregnant). Two of the suicides were gorier than they had to be as well. I do not mind violence and gore (except for animal cruelty such as that in the Italian cannibal genre), but these just seemed unseemly. Maybe I am getting old.
The UGLY, I mean DUMB, parts involved Andre and the song on the record. Andre experienced the horror of Farhope Tower years earlier when Jake became possessed and tried to kill him. When Jake tells his team that they are going to explore Farhope Tower, does he say anything? He blanches and says that the place is dangerous, but does he tell the others on the team what happened previously? No. Later, when Andre is acting strange and it is obvious the horror is beginning again, does Andre warn everyone about Jake and what happened last time? No. Just let the others be oblivious about the danger they are in. NICE GOING, JACKASS.
Andre is not the only idiot who keeps secrets. Jake is only going to the Farhope Tower because a network executive tells him his show won't get the contract if they do not go there. Does Jake tell anyone else about the situation? No, he keeps it to himself. Why? They all know that they are not making money. Wouldn't the news from the network executive make the team more motivated?
Another dumb bit (at least to me) was the song playing on the record. I know it is supposed to be ironic (it is about daydreams), playing during the murders and the hanging suicides, but the song did not sound of the period. It sounded too modern. Of course, one reason I detest Caprio's The Great Gatsby is that they used modern music, so I am just being picky.
One question. Just before the credits, the last shot shows Zoe turn her head with her eyes open. What are we supposed to think? Is she still alive? Good, because she was a nice character; however, the ghosts will probably not allow her to leave. Is she a ghost, too, now? I am overthinking this.
The BAD. The mean-spirited parts were the gruesome beating/murders of the two women (both who were pregnant). Two of the suicides were gorier than they had to be as well. I do not mind violence and gore (except for animal cruelty such as that in the Italian cannibal genre), but these just seemed unseemly. Maybe I am getting old.
The UGLY, I mean DUMB, parts involved Andre and the song on the record. Andre experienced the horror of Farhope Tower years earlier when Jake became possessed and tried to kill him. When Jake tells his team that they are going to explore Farhope Tower, does he say anything? He blanches and says that the place is dangerous, but does he tell the others on the team what happened previously? No. Later, when Andre is acting strange and it is obvious the horror is beginning again, does Andre warn everyone about Jake and what happened last time? No. Just let the others be oblivious about the danger they are in. NICE GOING, JACKASS.
Andre is not the only idiot who keeps secrets. Jake is only going to the Farhope Tower because a network executive tells him his show won't get the contract if they do not go there. Does Jake tell anyone else about the situation? No, he keeps it to himself. Why? They all know that they are not making money. Wouldn't the news from the network executive make the team more motivated?
Another dumb bit (at least to me) was the song playing on the record. I know it is supposed to be ironic (it is about daydreams), playing during the murders and the hanging suicides, but the song did not sound of the period. It sounded too modern. Of course, one reason I detest Caprio's The Great Gatsby is that they used modern music, so I am just being picky.
One question. Just before the credits, the last shot shows Zoe turn her head with her eyes open. What are we supposed to think? Is she still alive? Good, because she was a nice character; however, the ghosts will probably not allow her to leave. Is she a ghost, too, now? I am overthinking this.