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3/10
Slow just slow
bobzombie-0206120 May 2019
If you ignore the shakey camera work, stiff acting with lines that are read with no feeling and the long almost uncomfortable silences during scenes where it's like the actors are trying to remember who's turn it is then your left with a dull film that can't even produce a basic scare or jump scene and as this is ment to be a film about a house possessed by a demon the maybe a scare or two would help Give this film a miss if you value your time
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3/10
Simple possession
richandjohn22 June 2019
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This has to be the most boring possession ever and the exorcism was over in like 2 mins and hey presto happy families again. So bad
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3/10
Tired, tired, tired!
deager23 July 2019
Seen it a 100 times, 100 times better. The lead actress and I use that term only because I must, can't...act. The lead actor, isn't bad at all. Everyone tries hard to make a low budget horror, demon-possession, exorcism, terror movie as good as can be. I can' Imagine a budget more than a few $100,000. But for me the acting from the lead actress was just so poor it distracted from the whole thing. Go else where for your scares, you can do better. My 3 stars are for the attempt to try to something with nothing.
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1/10
Stop with the fake reviews!
jhr201214 February 2021
This is so frustrating! This movie is awful; truly awful. The story was silly and the acting was atrocious. People who rate this garbage any higher than a 1 should be ashamed.
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1/10
Horror movie? This a joke, right?
ads-5666216 May 2019
This movie is so bad, I do not know where to start. Story is terrible, acting is even worse. The scenes last some 30 secondes, then cut, then next scene start and so on. Nothing happens. Total waist of time. There is a plenty of fake reviews, I gave this movie a chance and that was a mistake. Do not make the same mistake as I didi. Do something else, anything else for 90 minutes.
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1/10
Bad acting
edlc197028 September 2019
This film is just overall boring. And the acting is something you will see in a b movie. Or maybe less. A junior grade school acting in a play, could do better.
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1/10
Where?!?
reb201420 May 2019
The evil MUST be down the street because there ain't nothin' happening here!

I kept waiting. And waiting. And waiting. And still nothing. I hate to say, but all these positive reviews must be fake.

Luckily, I didn't pay a dime to see this. The thing I'm out is the time I spent watching this.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna head elsewhere down the street to look for some good evil.

Good evil? Is that an oxymoron?
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2/10
These rave reviews are obviously fake
mikedegroot11 May 2019
What the reviews here calling this movie an "indie film" mean is that it is an ultra low-budget, super cheesy horror movie. The acting is bad, the plot is played out, and the sound design is noticeably atrocious. By far the worse part about it is the "scares and effects". They consist of people's voices changing, door shutting on their own, bad jump-scares, and cheesy makeup.

If you feel like being really bored for an hour and a half or you just can't fall asleep, I would recommend it. Everybody else should avoid this train-wreck like the plague. Any review rating this movie higher than a 2 is fake. It's not that this isn't my kind of movie, it's that this is obviously a very badly made film. PS: who doesn't like potatoes?
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2/10
Yikes
Stephanie-Hurst30 June 2020
Slow. Very slow. Really bad acting. Dumber for having watched this.
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1/10
I had to turn it off
scottparmour10 May 2019
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I've left better things in the toilet bowl in the morning!

Load of what I left in the bog and didn't want to waste the water, hey let's offset our carbon footprint

Toodley doo

Spoiler alert, pile of dung
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9/10
Great watch!
vinajane-327-20190528 August 2020
The characters are very well developed with a strong plot. I really enjoy watching a great creepy movie like this!
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7/10
Suspenseful
diannezankich29 August 2020
Loved the story and the cinema photrography....just creepy enough.
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1/10
Couldn't look away
mwgade23 July 2019
Talk about a train wreck of pure acting carnage. The horror wasn't the evil down the street it was the story line. No way this deserves a 1 star.
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1/10
reviews.
mickrowley6 August 2019
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I specifically created an account to review this awful film.

The acting was really bad, especially from the mother and father characters. There wasn't one scary moment and believe me I waited and waited and waited...

The ending was the worst I've ever seen, the priest commands the demon to leave and it does without any kind of fight! Then he hugs the female host and they all live happily ever after, or do they...?

The final scene leaves it open for a sequel, please please please don't do it, I beg you noooooooo!!!!!!

That's 97 minutes I'll never get back!!!
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1/10
Rubbish
pooleroad1 August 2019
Bloody utter b rated rubbish..acting was awful. Who ever told those people they could act.. they need to go back to drama school. I wouldnt say it was a horror movie at all. Dreadful.
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1/10
As bad as it gets
RandomTard12 November 2019
This movie is ridiculously bad. There is nothing good in it. It's beyond boring and just goes on and on and on until you just wanna cry for the time you wasted watching this terrible mess.

The soundman must of been drunk and deaf - volume changes from inaudible to loud as hell mid sentence without any reason. Acting is seriously propably the worst I've ever seen, these are really horribad amateurs.

And yeah, this is definitely not a horrormovie or a thriller or anything like that. More like some weird failed experiment on making the worst movie ever.
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2/10
We could only stand it for 23 mins
saphira_dragon-802701 August 2019
We read the reviews and got excited, but then we had to stop 23 mins in. The movie was bad, and we regularly watch horrors most would consider bad. Terrible acting. It's as if we went and got a camera and made this movie. Please avoid
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1/10
Whaaaaat?
pinksparkles-19 May 2019
It's bad. Best I can say is it only lasts 1hr 30 mins!
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2/10
Best acting ever! Not!
leavittfam-1085228 July 2019
It could've been great but holy cow was the acting terrible. No one in the movie could embody the emotion. It sounds like a scripted reality show. Didn't make sense. It said evil down the street but where??? Total fail here and I love my scary movies.
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Spooky Indie
MRP-Ent24 May 2019
Stumbled onto this because an actor in it had directed another indie I enjoyed and when I saw it was inspired by actual events, I had to give it a watch. I wasn't expecting big special effects and such that you see in big budget films, and I'm glad they didn't attempt that stuff. The filmmakers built the tension nicely throughout and the performances added to it. It's easy for "overacting" in one of these paranormal horror indies, but the director and cast really kept things in check and at the same time didn't try to go too over the top with the drama. Good scares and the story played out well. Definitely check it out!
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1/10
New headline: The Potato Haunting
windsofchapelx15 June 2019
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This was absolutely horrible. No acting skills at all. Overall cringe. The plot is so messy you literally say wtf the entire movie. Invites a priest over. Watches wife as said priest blesses food out of his own suspicioun. But- "you think my wife is ACTUALLY possessed by a demon?! How dare u!!!1" WHY DID YOU CALL HIM TO BEGIN WITH. I kept it on to actually see how they ended this mess.
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9/10
Suspense well done
jhanlin-2272822 May 2019
Movie keeps you in suspense and ending keeps you guessing. You want to know what happens next...
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7/10
Good lower budget film
bradk-756305 April 2022
Production, cinematography, score and setting are all on point. Some acting woes occasionally but overall a very solid movie. I would watch this movie again over most of the big budget AAA horror movies that have come out over the last few years. It doesnt have big scares or cheap jump scares. It has a creep factor to it though. The actor playing Michael has 1 weak acting scene where hes screaming but beyond that he does a solid job. The wife is creepy when they show her in the background just staring. The priest did a great job and was believable. This isnt a movie that has millions going into it yet it still has the ability to pull you in. Thats saying something...
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1/10
Is this real?
jordancable9 June 2019
Legit the worst film I have ever seen in my life.... I have created an account on IMDB specifically to say how tragically awful this film is. Do not watch!!!
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1/10
Yawn
jtboldt14 June 2019
Literally adult film actors/actresses act better than anyone in the cast
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