Oh, The Horror Of It All
By Preston Sinclair
'On April 12th 1950, a young inmate was beaten to death.'
Lets's be clear. The only reason I rented this movie from Redbox was that my name was in the title. Now that Halloween is here I realize that it wasn't as bad as I thought. It made an earnest attempt to be scary, but failed. That doesn't necessarily make it a bad movie. Honestly, it scared my cat Donald more than it scared me, which isn't saying much since he's such a big scaredy-cat anyway. He jumped off the couch and hid under the bed when one of the characters screamed for no apparent reason.
This movie can't seem to get it's title straight because when I Google it I get results for 'A Haunting At Preston Castle'. Oooo...that sounds even scarier (not).
One of the problems with this film is that it over shoots the bar of cult horror classic and misses the bar of original horror masterpiece by a long shot. This places it firmly in the no mans land of 'meh, who cares?' It's a mash up of horror movies like 'Blair Witch Project', 'Paranormal Activity' and 'Drag Me To Hell'. These movies keep us wondering until the very last frame. 'Horror At Preston Castle' just makes us wish for the very last frame.
We're expected to follow Danny (Jake White) to the depths of hell. Why? Well because he's just so damn cute I guess. As it turns out, he's an unreliable docent and he leads each of his friends to their tragic end.
When I was in college, a bunch of friends and I decided to take our sleeping bags to a local cemetery and camp out and tell ghost stories. That may sound creepy but at the time it was cool and kind of fun. That's what 'Horror At Preston Castle' is like. You may be better off watching original documentaries about the real Preston Castle on YouTube. The links are below.
Happy Halloween! Bwahaha!
This movie can't seem to get it's title straight because when I Google it I get results for 'A Haunting At Preston Castle'. Oooo...that sounds even scarier (not).
One of the problems with this film is that it over shoots the bar of cult horror classic and misses the bar of original horror masterpiece by a long shot. This places it firmly in the no mans land of 'meh, who cares?' It's a mash up of horror movies like 'Blair Witch Project', 'Paranormal Activity' and 'Drag Me To Hell'. These movies keep us wondering until the very last frame. 'Horror At Preston Castle' just makes us wish for the very last frame.
We're expected to follow Danny (Jake White) to the depths of hell. Why? Well because he's just so damn cute I guess. As it turns out, he's an unreliable docent and he leads each of his friends to their tragic end.
When I was in college, a bunch of friends and I decided to take our sleeping bags to a local cemetery and camp out and tell ghost stories. That may sound creepy but at the time it was cool and kind of fun. That's what 'Horror At Preston Castle' is like. You may be better off watching original documentaries about the real Preston Castle on YouTube. The links are below.
Happy Halloween! Bwahaha!
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