Wonderful character development!

Strong and Moving!

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Talking about "Haunt" (2013) Directed by Max Carter and Written by Andrew Barrer, Spoilers ahead, as I am going to discuss this movie, This movie opens with a scenario that is almost by the book; Family moves into house with bad reputation. Perhaps The Amityville Horror(1979) set the precedent, and it has been used countless times since then. So, the question is, how do you keep it interesting? Starting off with a good cast is a step in the right direction. Here, all the leads are fine. It is the two teens leads, Evan Played by Harrison Gilbertson, and the neighbor girl he befriends, Sam played by Liana Liberato who carry the story; Sam knows the history of the house, and the folks who lived there before. She leads Evan to the houses dark secret,Evan's Parents, Alan and Emily, played by Brian Wimmer, and Lone Skye Just bought the old home in the country, and are moving their family there. Their son Even and his two sisters, Sara and the younger Anita. Played by Danielle Churchran, and Ella Harris. Both have a sense that all is not right with the house,More so, the older Sara. Rounding out the cast is Janet Morello, The house's prior owner, with a secret. Played by Jacki Weaver, The adults go through the movie, mostly oblivious to the malignant force that is terrifying the kids. At other times the Parents are conspicuously absent. Just written that way, they had to be out of the picture for the duration of the last third of the film, only to return at the end.By the first half the nature of the movie shifts as Evan and Sam want to explore the mystery of the spirits, They do so with the aid of a machine that can, "Talk to the Dead" A door was opened with awful consequences ensuing as the young ones fool with things they do not understand.The Machine is beautiful. a cross between a ham radio device, and a wire running recorder. It had a crank up generator. and gages and tubes. It was a beautiful construct.that stole the show. Hat's off to the design team that cooked it up.The sound design was good, fine cinematography by Adam Marsden, shot in Utah in early winter. Competently scored by Reinhold Heil, and Edited with style. I liked the initial restraint, Building the mood. and the "mood" had a lot to do with the power of this production. It did have it's jump moments and carried an air of dread, while all the while you were rooting for the Eliot and Sam, One winces when they decide to do stupid things. Eight, We've seen it all before, Stars, but seldom so classy, out of Ten.

Haunt is a very competent horror film because of its sinister atmosphere, competent direction and an interesting screenplay with some innovative elements. My favorite one of those elements was the electronic synthesizer of ghost voices, a kind of steampunk E.V.P. radio which allows communication with the deceased ones... or with whatever presence is rounding the haunted house. There are other ingenious elements in the screenplay, but I prefer not to reveal them in order to avoid spoilers. What I can reveal is that Liana Liberato and Harrison Gilbertson bring solid performances and have a perfect chemistry with each other as the "odd couple" with different methods and motivations to solve the mystery. I found the romantic sub-plot between their characters a bit irrelevant, but the investigation they make adequately combines the tense search of evidences with paused reflections about the origin of the supernatural events. Speaking of which, Haunt makes a good use of practical effects in order to bring the ghosts and appearances to shape, obtaining some good shocks and moments of a delicious suspense. On the negative side, some edition tricks and sonorous accents feel a bit excessive. Nevertheless, I found Haunt a very entertaining horror film with an interesting mystery, good scares and credible characters who, at the difference of many films from this genre, generate empathy on the audience. Comparing Haunt with other "haunted house" films from the last 5 years, I would place it below Insidious or The Conjuring, but above Sinister or any of the Paranormal Activity sequels.

This get really boring. Drag, drag, drag, drag, drag, is this over yet? Yes, that is how boring these movies are. Why do we get these movies from Directors? Is it because Directors have no clue what to do with a horror movie? I am pretty sure its a yes. I don't know which is worse, found footage or these kind that drag on and on, about what? We don't know until last 5 to 10 minutes of the movie.Is that what we pay for? Just 5 to 10 good minutes of the movie. Rated R? For what? Just a puddle of blood? Man, we need some Directors from the 80's back. These new movies like this suck so bad. Stacy enjoys it. I need to make a joke after watching this. We are getting more PG-13 horror, and rated R ones that are worse than a PG-13, like this one and The Conjuring or should we called them The Lame Ones?I think its people that actually believe in ghosts that actually enjoy these. Yes, I don't believe in ghosts. At least not in this world, and not in reality. I believe in spirits, and they are in a special place not here. So these movies really suck. Rated R or PG-13 or PG. They just suck if it has to do with ghosts.I know there is fake stuff like vampires and werewolves, but at at least they are not boring and interesting to watch. Make me start drinking, and I hate alcohol. I can't enough of how bad these are and found footage movies are.

Are they sure this script was meant for a horror movie? To me is seemed like a lost soap script. All I saw was some obnoxious kid, being nervous. Becoming (over) emotional of every conversation he has. Licking his lips all the time. (Annoying) etc ..And the whole horror aspect of this movie, well there wasn't any. I have no idea what kind of audience this movie is aimed at. And I must confess that I didn't bother to watch the whole thing, because It was so bland and boring. Its better to avoid this movie, and watch something that has more balls. Poor acting, no suspense, no scares. Why was this movie even made??