The Soul Catcher (2014 Video) User Reviews (4)

The first bad review I've written on IMDB

[Mike_T-Little_Mtn_Sound_Archive · 2/10 · 16 February 2019]

I rarely write in the first person but since is my first negative review, I felt the time had come.

The Soul Catcher synopsis read like an occultist's dream! God, the devil, possession, magical powers, the number 666, churches burning, torture, violence, gore, demons...let's face it...there just aren't enough decent film productions with this thematic content, and the ones that exist are tame when when it comes to boundaries. I was hoping for a gorefest of devilish proportion! But...then I hit play.

The acting was not the worst I've seen, but everything else was. The instant the movie started, a cheesy computer generated text appeared on-screen and I knew it was going to be bad. Now, some bad is good, but this bad was bad. Some bad is meant to be bad which makes it good, but this bad was meant to be good which made it bad.

• The camerawork is done on what is essentially a digital camcorder with filters applied, to make the film appear almost dream-like or textured. As in...MUCH OF THE FILM! Ugh.
• The fx are done in post, and boy are they terrible. With the already-poor camera quality, the addition of said "special effects" is only made worse by their inexplicably poor quality. Shaky scenes that last forever, terrible lighting filters that have no redeeming value, and edits in nearly any & every scene calling for an effect make this painful to watch.
• Speaking of no redeeming value, while I have seen films with worse acting, many of the actors likely have no experience beyond their grade school productions of 'Annie.' The two leads do "OH-KAY," but for the most part the acting is entirely unconvincing, dramatically overdone, and embryonically inept. In those "bad movies that are intentionally bad which makes them good," these are (or can be) qualities which lend to the overall positive schlock value of a production. But in this "bad movie that tries to be good, which makes it really bad," these qualities illustrate nothing more than how inept every person working on the production is, especially since it was made to be a serious flick.

-You want demonic evil & sin, but only get mnemonic upheaval and spin. Botched biblical phrases, catty references to medieval literature, and clichéd allegory run rampant.

I'm nearly 50, and there are very few movies I find ZERO value in. This is very close to that; the only reason I rated this 2 stars is that the two lead roles at least attempt convincing the viewer that they've had acting experience. AND, I like the story line. Beyond that, there are many better (and worse) films to pass the time watching.

NOT for fans looking for violence or gore. There are no redeeming examples of either.

Would someone PLEASE make a decent film using these themes?

Thank you and goodnight.

Supernatural Smooshanatural!

[andrewgator · 2/10 · 1 July 2023]

The only thing supernatural about this film is that it was released to an unsuspecting public. Predictable stories, abysmal acting and faded to no color for effect that flattens everything out are just some of the outstanding shortcomings of this sad sack. In fact, the only redeeming aspect of the film is the framing story of a cute if slightly chubby priest under attack by a Christopher Lee lookalike. Watch at your own peril and if you do, have something else to do at the same time so that you can avert your eyes and preoccupy your mind a whenever cringe-worthy performance tarnish the screen.

A waste of time for all involved

[Leofwine_draca · 2/10 · 1 August 2017]

TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL is a cheap and rubbishy British horror anthology indie without a single redeeming feature, unless you count a slumming-it Bruce Payne's opening cameo as a high point of the production. There are six stories featured here, linked by the usual poorly-written nonsense, and all of them are quite terrible. One is about possession, another about a haunted house, a third the usual BLAIR WITCH copy, but it's all very cheap and not at all cheerful. In fact, the film's a dog, and I just find it a shame that a film crew went out and wasted so much time and energy shooting it.

What can i say?

[iamtherobotman · 1/10 · 28 November 2021]

So i read the synopsis of this, and in all honesty, when i saw this 'Demon' was in search of 666 souls, i did kind of think this was going to be something quite awful. Just how hard did they think that one over with their Sherry's in hand while mulling around an open fire??

I could only get 15 minutes into this before i had to skip to the end credits. I'm afraid it really is that bad. It looks like it was filmed on a smart phone from 2008, and from what i saw of the acting, it's worse than a Primary School Nativity Play. The 'Demon' of course spoke in a very deliberate, low toned voice, which had been thrown through voice distortion. It was just all very corny.

I would highly recommend avoiding this film, as though your life depended on it.

I really wish i could've given this Zero stars.