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The Bell Witch Haunting- the new one from Asylum. Ok, in my defense I did not know it was an Asylum picture going in. It never said that in the opening credits or anywhere. Anyway, of course the movie was terrible. But you know what, the first half hour was tolerable and didn't give much indication about how bad it was going to get. So yeah, I watched the whole damn thing. It was obviously a quick and dirty knock-off of The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activities. I was expecting that. As such, I found the first half hour to forty minutes not all bad for a cash in.
The movie became so bad though. Idiotic character decisions and a near complete absence of logic.
For example why did that kid never mention to his parents that the house was built on a famous haunting site? Why not take your daughter to a doctor if she is having night terrors all the time? At least have her sleep in a different room when the room is acting funny. Or, you know, maybe move out of a haunted house. Why are there palm trees in Tennessee? Why doesn't it bother the main characters that all their friends are being murdered? Why isn't that park sealed off is murder after murder keeps happening there? Why isn't there an investigation into all those murders? You would think that cop would need some therapy after discovering body after body, night after night, in the same park. Or maybe someone would wait there to see who is leaving all those bodies there? What does the Bell Witch even want? Her purpose is never explained. Even the Ghosts actions are inconsistent and illogical. It directly murders one person and then just throws pots and pans around another.
The best scene was with that dog who wondered around in the scene where the father was having a seizure. You could tell the filmakers wanted the dog to be freaked out by the seizure and all the ghost stuff, but it thought the actor was just playing a game so it was wagging its tail and looking back and forth from the camera crew to the actor. I can't believe they left that in there. If you want to see this hilarious bit of ineptitude, the movie is streaming on netflix and you can just skip to the 59:00 minute mark, watch the dog cheerfully enter the scene in confusion as to what is expected of it.
Anyway, I'll give the movie this, it did have one good jump moment.
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