Eloise

The best thing about this film is that it has a solid production and doesn't look cheap for a low budget film, it started ok and had potential but it went a bit silly I think. The third act could of been better but overall it was ok.

The movie wasn't THAT bad. The only reason I watched it is because I grew up not far from there and didn't realize this was shot on site. I had never been in there but as a kid was threatened to be thrown in there 50 times (C'mon every town has one of these places that kids know of like "If you don't straighten up we're going to have you thrown in Shady Pines". Well for us it was Eloise).

The most horrifying thing about this movie was how they got that black dude to play that 1970s J.J. stereotype then have him stealing the drugs and shooting at everything. Having him nearly drown was the icing on the cake as you know black people are afraid of water too (eyeroll).

TRIVIA: Jackie Wilson is buried in a cemetery across the road from this place. It was paupers grave for years until they raised enough money for a proper monument.

Just to clear the record, Eloise has been gone since 1984, I know since I live close by and had field trips there with a psych course in the 1970's. Greedy developers wanted to build strip malls and tore down a magnificent piece of history, but that's the American way. The office building still exists on Michigan ave. next to the railroad tracks. My dad used to hand food over to inmates over the fence in the 1940's. Eloise would have made a fantastic museum that would have been world renown as they grew much of their food and they made things such as shoes which can be found on ebay. Its a real shame that its gone. The purpose of this post was to let viewers know that the real Eloise is long gone.

This movie is based on real location, Eloise Insane Asylum. Four young adults break into the now derelict Eloise to hunt for a death certificate needed to allow one of the four to claim his inheritance.

With a great cast, excellent location and pretty good story it had all the ingredients of a solid horror. Unfortunately it just doesn't gel. There have been many movies similar which have been made much better such as Grave Encounters, Dark Feed, Reel Evil and Sanatorium.

There was no atmosphere, it wasn't believable, the performances lacked charisma. It is a watchable film but is disappointing and not one that you would particularly want to re-watch.

There is a myriad of horror/thriller movies where for whatever reason a group of people enter a former "insane" asylum. Whereupon they are haunted and hunted by the ghosts of the previous patients. This is just another one of those movies. I've just given you the plot of this movie and many others. Nothing really different, except a few we'll known names are attached to the project. One suspects these movies are cheap to make. Derelict buildings used always in darkness. If you are into the genre by all means watch it. Otherwise only give a go if not much else is happening.