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The Haunted Museum (2021)
surprisingly good
Had VERY low expectations going into this, normally anything related to Ghost Adventures is overly cheap and flashy. The first two episodes were surprisingly subtle and paced very well. Some of the acting falls apart in episode 3, and we skipped the fourth episode because everything connected to the Manson murders is overdone.
It's not perfect by any means, but it is a nice change from quick jump scares that are the crutch of so many short horror productions. The first two episodes especially used very effective visuals and were very creepy, not just for what was shown but also what was not shown. Worth the 30-40 minute watch times at least.
Haunted House: Demon Poltergeist (2013)
lies all around
Either the review at the beginning is entirely bogus or someone was paid (bribed) to write an overly generous review. The scariest thing about this...film?...is how bored you will be. Absolutely nothing scary happens, the few pieces of paranormal "evidence" are meaningless and could easily be faked. Don't waste your time. The cast blathers inanely for pretty much the entire run, the only time anything resembling excitement shows up is right at the very end. How convenient for them that the best "evidence" was at the end of the investigation.
The location is even blatantly fraudulent, a 400 year old Victorian? I'm not british, but I'm 99.999% sure queen Victoria wasn't alive 400 years ago, so kinda weird for someone jump the gun architecturally by 200 some years.
TLDR: it's bad, boring, bland, and BS. It doesn't even have comedic value, it's not interesting enough to make fun of.
The House Behind the Wall (2014)
idiocy
5 nepo babies move into a crazy big historic house off their Hampton Roads college campus. Despite all five being students they only seem to hang around the house complaining about classes they never go to. It feels like the script was written by a 14 year old who's concept of college life is day drinking and screwing each other.
In addition some of the dialog makes you think the film is from 1984 not 2014. Apparently none of the girls can pass a class without flirting with a teacher. The guys probably can't either but it seems both of them will be working for their dads companies anyways. The only horror elements for most of the movie is just how awful all housemates are. Only one of them (Liz) isn't reprehensible as a person and she gets screwed over the whole film despite being a good person who helps her friend and is the only one of the five not cheating on their partner.
There is some vague semblance of a ghost story but it doesn't make much sense and contradicts itself in the film. It's quite clear that the only thing that gets this film any views is the attractiveness of the young cast. It's neither clever nor scary, and the entire thing is as unbelievable as it is annoying.
The Wendigo (2022)
It's bad.
While the commentary in the live stream at the beginning was funny and seemed believable, it's all downhill from there. After the main character disappears we are tortured with over 30 minutes of people just driving, talking in apartments, hanging out in a parking lot. So many good low budget films have to leave stuff out due to time and budget, and directors and producers have to make tough calls on what to keep or cut. This film commits the crime of having a ton of time to tell a story and then wasting all of it.
After 30-40 minutes of boring non-action there is a quick escalation of tension. Supposedly this was "the creature effecting the group" but this isn't conveyed. Instead it's just a bunch of people starting to get angry for seemingly no reason. The characters don't portray fear or confusion, just boring dialog interspersed with random outbursts of profanity.
The rest of the film is okay. It's not a high budget film so effects, acting, and other factors are all easy to forgive. The biggest sin this film commits is having so much time to tell a story then abusing its viewers by wasting half the run time with pointless mind numbing junk. If you're going to make the viewer wait, make it worth it.
The Shadow People (2017)
not a horror movie.
If this movie were billed as anything else it would actually be pretty good. It's really a tragic love story with horror elements and bad special effects. A lot of low budget movies miss the mark on multiple criteria, such as bad audio, bad camera work, poor editing, bad acting, and a rushed story arc due to low film time. This movie actually manages to do very well in a lot of these categories. The cinematography is decent, audio is good, I didn't notice too many spots with syncing issues, and most importantly the two main actors were believable. They have very good chemistry and it's very easy to believe they are just another young couple in love.
Where this movie fails to land is in its special effects, and with its genre. The ghosts/spirits aren't scary, the scariest part is when the wife grabs a gardening hoe and swings it at her husband. This really isn't a horror movie, it's not scary, it's just tragic. The ending is pretty predictable, but still has a little impact. The ending is also where the movie struggles, the pace accelerates so rapidly it looses cohesion, and what's with the priest? They don't allow random people to just walk up to accident victims on stretchers, not even clergy. And where the hell did the EMTs go?
Other reviews mention some good points, like why do they just leave the car running and run to the house? Why don't they call a tow truck? It could be argued that since all the events after the first 3 minutes were a delusion that those things would be clues to the unrealness of the "reality" but it seems far more likely that they were unintentional. It's definitely not perfect, but it's not nearly as bad as many other movies on Tubi. Move it to a different category and it would probably attract a lot less negativity.