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ebookgamer24 March 2019Before 1hr 15 mins film is 1/10. Skip it. After is okay, good effects, but the beast is the worst CGI ever made. And why, in US movies, do Uni students always look 30+?
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staunton-gary23 September 2020A great movie, but it wasn't. Surprisingly not a lot of nudity for this genre. Slow starting with pointless character setups. All the 30 something teenagers should really act in roles for their age, we're not that stupid. Once the killing begins, the movie is watchable. Monster effects, were... ok. Watchable, sure, memorable, nope.
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LiAmberNichole3 March 2019Horror moments don't really happen until the last 20 minutes of the movie. Most of the Movie is shots of the frat party and a few couples they want us to care about. Absolute trash of a movie. With the most anticlimactic ending. Just terrible.
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jbrbsmom2 March 2019How bad is this? Let me count the ways. There is NO plot. Most of it looks as though a drunk shot it at a frat house party. Bunch of college kids drinking. The criteria for a tolerable B horror flick is five guys, four girls, gratuitous sex scene, boob scenes and one nerd. THIS has too many drunk kids to care about. An hour into it and you are begging for the slasher to start killing people already and on your fourth beer.
The acting is downright horrible. I think they all reall y ARE drunk and stoned. At least I HOPE they were as an excuse for the horrible acting.
The bad thing. You never do know what it is why it is and just how it sucks out eyeballs from across the room but looks like a kindergarten rendition of Bigfoot. It should at least have straw suckers or something to pop out those eye orbs so fast. Why does this giant ugly ass fanged hair monster only take out eyeballs? Not gory or bloody or even remotely interesting. If you have seen Jeepers Creepers you have seen a much better rendition of eyeball gouging.
You cannot even root for the bad thing because it has no backstory that makes logical sense.
And then they use The Holy Grail or some such chalice they find in a basement but is actually the key to whatever is going on but you really aren't sure because you have fallen asleep. I thought was on to another movie.
They attempt romance which is cheesy and the only funny part of the whole movie....too bad it was unintentional. The humor element was so un funny you almost cringe in pain.
I LOVE the B movie genre and I really tried to find something remotely likeable about this movie. Best part of it? That it ended. -
TheLittleSongbird13 November 2018Part of me was semi-intrigued, being someone who is no stranger to horror films (really appreciate the genre too, despite what some of my previous reviews have implied), and the idea interested me somewhat despite being ridiculous. A large part of me was apprehensive though, having heard it was not good and that it looked like one of those cheap and overdone films with a muddled tone.
Which, when watching it, was what 'Haunting on Fraternity Row' essentially was, cheap and overdone with nothing interesting or scary. It is not just not a good film, it's an intelligence insulting waste of time. If it was trying to entertain, scare or both, 'Haunting on Fraternity Row' failed abysmally on both counts, making the film a terrible chore to sit through. Am not hating or trying to be malicious, it is just my genuine stance on a film that didn't do anything for me as well as many others
From beginning to end the acting, from particularly the leads, is both overplayed and stiff. In all fairness they were hindered by hammy direction, constantly awkward and limp dialogue and that the film has no interesting or likeable character whatsoever.
Script is childish, flabby and even improvisatory-sounding. The story is not much of one and takes forever to get going, when it finally does it is not for long and it is too late to care. It also over-emphasises the stereotypical teenage drama too much, which is a big problems with the characters being so irritating and in some cases personality deprived.
Unfortunately, any attempts at levity are completely witless, childish and so overdone it gets exhausting. The horror elements are a long way from tense or suspenseful, generating little interest even, the lack of scary atmosphere due to being so predictable and cheap-looking makes this haunting a very bland one. The kills were not creative and would go as far to say they were too tame, while the things there to by the film's definition "spice things up" came over as gratuitous and abused.
'Haunting on Fraternity Row' is a cheap looking film that even makes the scenery look tacky. Especially the photography, am too convinced that the film was made on a cheaper budget than has been cited here. The sound is obvious and intrusive.
Overall, terrible. 1/10 Bethany Cox -
Saiph9012 May 2019Wow, this was bad, really bad, it is classed as a horror but you would have to be under 10 to find this mildly perturbing. A fraternity party where they discover a hidden chamber with various light and a chalice with a lid on it which they displace releasing a creature. Why if you went to the trouble of trapping the creature would you not encase it securely? The story is utterly flimsy and is an excuse to show women in bikinis and undressed and is soft,soft porn. The characters are sexist, bullies and unpleasant and you have zero empathy with them. The reveal of the creature is laughable as it looks like the Honey monster from the Sugar Puff advert. I realised the purpose of the film when I read the budget of 5 million, one location, no script writer, no professional camera man as it looks like it was done on a mobile phone. I would be stunned if any of the actors appear in an other film and must have come cheap. someone has trousered the money. If you want to see naked women google them and save yourself the pain of watching this wreck of a movie.
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sdineen-308543 March 2019Not gonna lie, this had the potential for a good old fashioned horror movie.
HOWEVER, THIS WAS HORRIBLE.
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This movie isn't much of a horror but more of a music video thrown in with some bad acting. The horror really own kicks off in the last 25 minutes if you managed to watch on that long you will be disappointed. The horror parts its self wouldn't be all that bad but the ending is shocking and makes no sense. It feels like some one wanted to make a rave music video but was contracted to the horror genre. Truly it is frustrating this film is.
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Pnkprinses3096 March 2019You can tell this was written by old men. No character is like a real person...you're just waiting for them to die and then it's all in the last ten mins of the movie. So many awkward scenes of sexism and human indecency...there's literally more boobs than scares. And the ending doesn't even make sense...
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brandyleedubick12 June 2019Good story line. More humor than horror. But has some jumpy moments. Good movie overall.
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Kolobos514 November 2018With a title like this it feels like the movie has little hope of being anything but a dumb, lowest common denominator fear flick. This isn't that. Honestly, it kind of felt like Scream 2 by way of James Wan.
In this movie a group of frat bros are throwing a giant, end of the year Luau party and are immediately expelled for cultural appropriation.
Just kidding, this isn't a documentary although it is a found footage movie and the gimmick here isn't as obtrusive as it can be.
The guys unwittingly unlock an ancient evil hidden beneath the house which begins to wreak havoc during the massive, and I do mean massive party. The plot is pretty straight forward and the acting and characterization are surprisingly solid. There is a fair amount of humor that's totally organic to the situation and a little nudity both male and female.
The CGI isn't great but I've seen worse. The big problem is that it just takes way too long to become a horror movie. With the exception of a few quick jump scares, almost all the horror is saved for the last 20 mins of a movie that is actually over 90 mins. I clearly remember checking the clock at the hour mark and thinking this thing really needs to get started soon. And it did and the finale is a strong, chaotic set piece with a higher, and less predictable body count than you'd think.
This movie really isn't half bad and I suggest paying to see it, supporting the creators, and checking out whatever comes next from them because with a little improvement, they might make something really worthwhile next time. -
cb_whitewood20 March 2019I had a hard time getting through this movie; it was long and boring, with several plotlines running between characters. All of them do come true or whatever, but I found I didn't care an awful lot about any of the characters, but seeing them die was also very dull. I've seen a lot of bad horror movies, and this was one of the worst! I had hopes it would at least be a fun one.
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pmcguireumc27 March 2019Ok, first off, I love found footage movies, and so I have a soft spot for the genre. Second, this is not a horrible movie. It is not great, but it is not as bad as all of the reviews make it out to be. Decent plot. Amazingly beautiful women. Handsome guys. Not great dialogue, but better than many of the FF I have seen. Some funny scenes though.
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arfdawg-112 November 2018IMDB sez the budget for this clinker was $5mil. NO WAY. Maybe $5K. It's filmed with a shaky hand cam and no known actors, so everyone is working for free or scale.
The women are skanky. They couldn't even get some hotties to take their clothes off.
The house this is filmed in looks like a 1920s Silver Lake home that Laurel & Hardy used in their late silent/early sound films.
The special effects are the absolute worst you will ever see. Worse than Ed Wood.
It's all been done before -- and better. -
xethannelsen8 June 2020To be quite honest, I was enjoying the movie til the ending. I will also preface this saying I am wimp when I comes to horror so please keep this in mind if you are the same like me or a horror veteran.
For me why I gave it three starts instead of a one is these points: 1. I did find myself caring about some of the characters. Mainly the Medical student, the med student's crush, and the guy who was researching the house. (+1 Star) 2. I did enjoy the demon's design and when it was present it was creepy. The demon was sufficiently designed and used effectively for the most part (+1 Star)
Why is loses stars for me: 1. The ending was awful and made no sense whatsoever. I can't even spoil it because only two lines explain it in the movie which even still makes no sense at all (-4 Stars) 2. Almost the entire movie was a stereotypical frat house comedy, if you can call it a comedy. (-1 Star) 3. So when I said used effectively for the most part in relation to the Demon, the kills were repetitive. The only kills the character does is dissolve their eyes or something. The two uses of it when it was good, was the little brother's dead in the closet reveal and when it had the one main character turn his head and dissolved looking at the camera. The later was pretty creepy. I also wished the Demon toyed with people a little more. (-2 Stars)
So I ranked what each bullet point by how much it took away (ex: negatives, point 1 was -4 stars worth to me). The ending wow if that better the film would have been a lot better. Nothing like sitting through an average movie to get a utterly crap ending. Which is why it took 4 stars away. Ending is what leaves the lasting impression. As the philosophy I learned with music, start and end with the best music number because a strong start hooks them and a strong ending is what they will remember. That general concept applies to movies, and the horrible ending is what I will remember.
I have the typical frat house "comedy" at losing 1 Star because as unoriginal as it is, I don't think it was an awful setting. A loud party is a movie killer's best friend. All I can really say, it kept my attention. To be fair though, there was too much "comedy" and not enough horror. I got so complacent in the "comedy" I sometimes forgot it was a horror movie and then the horror kicks in for a tease and I all of sudden remember it is supposed to be a horror movie.
I took 2 stars away from the demon's kills because with slasher/killer movies, which I probably would say this is movie is more like, the creative kills add class to the rather cliche character building. There is a demon killing people and eyes dissolving is the sign their killed, how about a little more creativity. Maybe objects flying and hitting/stabbing people, setting people on fire, possessions, and maybe massive bleeding scratches could have livened the kills up a bit (oxymoron?).
Overall the movie was decent to me until the kills got repetitive and the awful ending which needed way more explanation to make it in the vicinity of satisfying. -
desertship-782466 November 2018Cliched franity teenage flick with a dose of horror nearing the end. Predictable.
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ops-525353 November 2018One thing for start, this is a visuall color climax,and thats it.2 stars for that. its a teenage movie with a bunch of silly brats making a heck of a party in a haunted house. the way the verbal vomit are presented is at the age of 3.its bongs,dildos,mobilephones,costumes,jealousy,booz,beer,brawling,blood,gore and fighting .the lack of storyline give you the impression of one thought- direct to video .the haunting spirits of the house mustve mixed in muscarine in the beweage,and the director,mustve had some too.not recomended
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hemipirate8 March 2019If you like watching dudes playing with rubber dongs, this movie is for you!
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dana-kellish11 March 2019If all "hauntings" were this boring, no one could be unnerved by them. Just terrible.
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oshineyefilms29 March 2019This film has instant cult classic written all over it. I'm a big fan of the genre and watching "Haunting on Fraternity Row" is a fun genre hopping ride.
It's true, the film has it's faults for sure and doesn't really say much at the end of the day and the ending doesn't exactly read or make sense but, there is an over-the-top-ness to this film that is just downright entertaining. Like "The Room" entertaining.
Story structure is predictable after a few scenes in when we think the haunting is going to start and it just turns out to be a series of practical jokes with gratuitous party scenes but, the juicy stuff...the camera and lighting work during the scary parts really does the trick. It doesn't matter how many weird sex party scenes are sandwiched in between unearned romance scenes in a shooting style that doesn't know what it wants...are you a found footage film or an episode of the office? None of the stuff matters because the concept underneath it has some real gems.
The cinematography carries most of weight in this film and does an excellent job at some points to feel very "real" and scary.
I just wish they would have shot this one some handy cams or something to that effect and maybe put a little bit more in the budget for VFX. The monster comes out looking a bit dated, like a stock ghoul video you might see in someone's window durning Halloween.
Overall, if you're looking for the next Blair Witch Project, you've come to the wrong place but, if you're looking to have a good time with a few friends during a "Horror Movie Night" then Haunting on Fraternity Row is right up your alley. -
Your basic first person filming low budget horror movie. There were a couple of good scares, a few boobs, rock solid abs, drunken college students, and an all star cast of C+ actors. The perfect storm for a scary movie so bad, it's good.
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chad-093969 March 2019Worse movie I've ever seen. Horror? No way. Acting is horrible and the story line is senseless. I'd rather spend a day in Yemen.
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j-nickturner4 April 2020So this movie was bad. Like really bad.
But... I enjoyed it. The acting was terrible, the creature effects were bad, the characters were almost all totally unlikeable. This was basically an hour of party montage shots and then like 20 minutes of... spoopy?
Pretty hilarious fail of a movie. Maybe that's what they were going for (if so, mission accomplished). If you like watching stupid horror movies for the laughs, then give it a go. I had a fun time watching it. But I'll probably never watch it again lol