Sadly Over-hyped

Absolutely amazing

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

I'm a little bit BIAS when it comes to this movie because t has my future baby mamma "Gabrielle ANWAR" and my boy Forest WHITAKER. i could watch a 90 minute video of them just staring into a camera or clipping coupons, or raising multi-racial kids or something.However a young woman who fled her town under mysterious reasons returns to the town to do a book. Upon residing at a hotel she's haunted by flash-backs premonitions and for-shadowing and spirits and ghosts. You now spend the rest of the movie trying to figure out what tragic event has or is going to befall the heroin that the spirits are telling her about. There's a few twists and turn some scenes are predictable the others aren't. It was a good flick.

Claire Holloway (Gabrielle Anwar) is a children's book writer specialising in nightmare bedtime stories. Most of those are taken straight out of her own dreams full of marshes, weird houses and things that go 'chlup' in the middle of the night. By freak chance she watches a glimpse of a house which haunts her dream in a ecodocumentary about swamps. Interneting away she quickly finds the dream-house and naturally decides to confront the situation by making a nice little vacation by renting the house. Soon after dreams start becoming more real and soon she must confront the nightmares that have been scratching at her brain for years. Fortunately she has a trusty sidekick parapshycic Geoffrey Hunt (Forrest Whitaker) to hold her hand on the way of solving this truly Scooby-Doo mystery.The Marsh is truly a movie bogged down by its own script. It starts out promisingly enough only to spiral into absurdity and illogical plot solutions. The multiple twist endings make you smile instead of say 'Ahhh!' as they make the story consistently... well... dumb. Most key to the story: A dead ghost kill off people whose only fault was being asleep at the time of tragedy. But in general plot points stick out like a sore thumb and basically nothing makes much sense. Questions answered are answered badly. And if the two very last scene in the movie doesn't bring out a smile of pity for the movie I will be sincerely surprised.Other than that acting and tech credits are fine, but nothing memorable. Passable at best, laughable at worst.

Oh no, it's yet another in the seemingly endless Hollywood retreads of the Asian Horror trend as done by hipsters who know film history and yet don't have an original thought of their own, a trend that began with The Ring and cannot end soon enough.Now this one isn't a remake of a Japanese or Hong Kong original, but it uses all of the styles, devices and what are now clichés of this sub-genre. If you think you've seen it already, that's because you have, and there's nothing at all that will surprise you, except the inordinate amount of "buses" in the film.If you know not what is meant by a "bus", then you need to do some research into one of the finest producers of horror films ever, Val Lewton. A "bus" is the popular term for creating a sudden shock by introducing an unexpected event, like a sudden image popping into screen or a loud noise. One of the lousiest films ever, AX 'EM, has one great "bus" that makes the whole film worth seeing. Anyway, It's one way to create shock, but has become overused because it is a fairly easy method.All of the actors including the lead, and excepting Forrest Whitaker, are going through the motions here. Whitaker is just plain great in everything he's in thanks to his considerable talent. Other than that, you can drop this one off to sink into your local bog where it belongs. Thank gosh I only paid $2 for it! Still a McDonald's burger and small fries would have been better and the same price.

"The Marsh" works as a typical, haunted house story. There are those that have criticised it, but really, what did you expect? Starring Gabrielle Anwar. WHO? Oh, that pretty french girl who was in that submarine movie. Right. It's a B-movie, people! So don't expect too much and you may be pleasantly surprised. Forest Whitaker, pre-King of Scotland, provides a shot of star value and basically holds the movie together. The special effects are good and the best thing about "The Marsh" is that's so pretty! The house is pretty, the female lead is pretty, hell, even the ghost is pretty! Its like a Normal Rockwell painting that's been messed with. Quite cool, just check your brain at the door and you'll be fine. :)