Did this cast and crew do any rehearsing of scenes? A table reading of the script? Anything?
The movie revolves around a team of amateur paranormal investigators who can't seem to capture any signs or activity in their investigations. This is particularly vexing for team member, Matt, who is desperately hoping for something... ANYTHING... to happen during these investigations. At one particular site, he angrily challenges the alleged entity to show itself. Nothing happens, and the team packs up and leaves.
Now, here's where it gets stupid. Matt, who was craving action, is driving home, and his vehicle's CD player acts up. Then, he sees a shadow figure in the backseat. What does Mr. Craving Action do? Nothing.
The entity that Matt had challenged follows him home, and things start to happen. Keys and other objects are moved. Faucets turn on by themselves. Objects rearrange themselves... all classic poltergeist activities. What does Mr. Craving Action do? Nothing. He blows it all off.
Matt's girlfriend, Jamie, is attacked by the entity, while Matt is home. She is dragged through the house, pulled into a room, and slapped around. What does Mr. Craving Action do? Nothing. He blows Jamie off and tells her that she fell, hit her head, and imagined all of it. Wow. So much for seeking signs of the paranormal.
Then there's Tyler, the team's resident obnoxious jerk. Tyler is totally and completely unlikeable. During one investigation, he opens the dresser of one of the residents, starts rifling through her underwear, and taking photos of the contents in the drawer... while another team member is standing two feet away. Tyler is the film's requisite assh**e, the guy who thinks that he's smarter and funnier than everyone else
Then there's the team's leader, Paul. Paul is hopelessly smitten with Alexis, another member of the team. They were once a couple, but the relationship ended. Despite this, they continue to work together. Just prior to going on the investigation where Matt goes loony tunes and challenges the entity, Paul tells Alexis that he wants to get back together with her. Alexis rebuffs him, however, and tells Paul that she is seeing someone else. She asks him to accept this, and tells him that she wants to be friends and nothing more. Paul reluctantly agrees. Alexis considers the matter to be closed.
Then, during the investigation where Matt loses it, Paul follows Alexis around like a petulant schoolboy with a crush. Time and again, he begs Alexis for another chance, and time and again, she rebuffs him.
This movie sucks on every level; direction, acting, special effects, story continuity. Why would Matt, whose reason for living is finding signs of paranormal activity, ignore virtually everything that he's ever looked for, right in his own house?
Tyler's only purpose in the movie is to be a dickhead creep. He has virtually no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
The demonic entity kills Paul, and then Matt. As we see Matt, dead on the floor, his answering machine takes a message. It's from the owners of the house that Matt went crazy in. The paranormal activity in their house has stopped, Mrs. Home Owner says. "You're a Godsend," she tells the dead Matt.
You don't see Tyler again after his panty raid. You don't see Alexis again after she tells Paul to forget about getting together again for the last time. You don't see Kim, another member of the team, after the fateful investigation.
This movie isn't as bad as "Dark Attachment", or "Midnight Macabre", but it's scarcely, and I do mean scarcely, half a step up from them.
