Michael Ledo Five young adults spend Halloween in an empty Hostel "west of Ireland." There is no electricity except there is power to the installed cameras, go figure. They drink, smoke, start a fire and play "ask the glass" a home made Ouija board. They managed to invoke (Conjuring has already been taken) a spirit (Paula Phelan) that wants "my children." Oh yes, this is a murder house too. At 53 minutes things begin to happen, no one believes the man who first filmed the ghost and apparently he had a camera you can't rewind and look at what you just shot.The film degrades into the classic run cam, floor cam, shoe cam, whine and snivel cam, scream in the dark cam, and girl dragged across the floor cam...been there done that and better. One of the characters mentions the film "Visions of Darkness" known for using paradoxical backgrounds. Normally clues like this are mentioned and then tie into the film in such a way to demonstrate creative genius of the script writer/director. I didn't notice that in this film where seeing landscapes was severely limited by the hand held genre.Guide: F-word. sex. Nudity? (Lynn Larkin) Actors used their real names.

buddypatrick A film that lacks any form of substance is going to get a very brief review from me. This is another found footage film, a genre which I totally disapprove of.I can't even think of anything to say in a review as there really isn't anything to point out in the movie other than how crap it is. This movie is an hour and half of shaky camera work and screaming with all the actors arguing over the top of each other non stop. Its painfully frustrating. Its unforgivably awful. Think of all the time, effort and money the cast and crew could have been investing into other recreational activities instead of giving birth to this frightful abomination of celluloid.Why am I even reviewing this movie? Why am I giving it any more attention that I already did by falling into the trap of watching it!?

HorrorOverEverything First off I would like to say I really hate it when people who are attached to a film come on here and give it positive reviews, just let your movie speak for itself, why try and trick people into seeing it? With that said I feel like I must say that those fake reviews in no way effected my thoughts on this film or my following review.So here we go again with another cliché found footage film. Since the success of Blair Witch and Paranormal Activity we have seen a huge influx of these types of movies, and honestly I think it's safe to say that this may be one of the worst ones that I have seen (I have seen a lot). The film kicks off with a group of friends driving out to a hostel, once they get there we are treated to about an hour of them talking over each other and saying things that no body cares about. We never learn anything about our characters, we are never given any information that would make us care about them or what is going to happen to them.So after an hour of nothingness things start to pick up a little bit, there are one or two flashes or a creepy girl in a dress and then things just get obnoxious. There is a point in the final 25 minutes where one of the female leads screams almost non stop until the final scene, a high pitched extremely annoying scene. I really wanted to shut the film off at this point but figured I had made it that far so I might as well finish it. So the friends just run around in the dark while they get picked off one by one (I guess, it doesn't really show what happens to most of them), then we get one more really poorly edited scare scene and the credits roll.This is a bad movie, odds are the people who made it knew it was a bad movie. Found Footage is the go to genre for film makers who don't have an original idea or any kind of budget. Obnoxious characters, no real dialogue, bad effects, and a terrible pace make this one of the worst found footage films ever made.

jswindter01 ..and entertaining is sadly something I cannot say for many, many horror films these days. Much different is the fact that I continue to be disappointed by the vast majority of horror genre movies.Quite some time ago I gave up on having any expectations in regards to "theatrically" released horror films. I don't know exactly why but the powers-that-be who pick/choose what films are worthy of any type of release(be it wide release, or minimum release) into theaters..their picks of movies have continued to go from bad to worse..to even the bottom of the barrel, in terms of any quality content whatsoever.Due to that fact I have become more and more open to finding, and even seeking out, what are known as independent/indie films, as well as what critics would label as B-grade horror films..and in all honesty it is in those "type" movies that I have found entertaining horror genre films. I've found time and time again great, thrilling content..and sometimes come across those little indie flicks that are truly, real gems!No doubt there are tons of them that are worthless, but hey, I've found that the high dollar, theatrically released films are just the same in being worthless so, so much of the time..and especially here, recently I've found that there are actually more indie horror flicks that by far, and wide, surpass the quality/content of the "big-name" horror films."Invoked" isn't one of those truly, fine gems of a horror, but it is an entertaining flick that actually had some chills/thrills, which is much more than I can say for multi-multi-million dollar horror films like the recently released Sinister 2.