Positives: Well-directed, interesting premise, solid acting.
Negatives: Moves too slowly, not creepy enough, not “believable” enough.
It’s about a man slowly going insane, his friend, and how it affects them both.
It gets more creepy and interesting as it goes along…slowly…at first.
Then, it plateaus with everything pretty much “laid out” for you. And it stays there. Until the end. Which is disappointing.
Too clinical, too step-by-step analytical, and not enough SCARY AS HELL.
Think Jack Nicholson from ‘The Shining’. The typing scene. That…is scary. REALLY creepy, convincing GOING CRAZY.
TAP…TAPTAP…TAPTAPTAP…TAPTAP…
This is not. It’s like it was made from the viewpoint of someone who had read a dozen books on severe mental illness, but never actually experienced anything close to it themselves.
Despite all that, its intent, the acting, the direction, the quality of it…make it interesting.
But don’t expect to be scared. Just…intrigued.
Cute moment: GHOST WARS
Grade: C-