A reality show sends six people to an abandoned asylum to spend seven nights. Each day they have to complete a task and whoever manages to stay all seven nights splits a million dollar prize.
The characters are generic and you won't care about any of them. Two are super annoying - Lena who wants to connect with the spirits, and Carter who is a total fraidy cat. Most of the characters are just there for the money and are skeptical about whether ghost exist or not. But they do suspect the producers have rigged some scares for them.
The girls are way over dressed to be exploring an abandoned building. Why do girls in movies always insist on wearing nice little tops or skimpy outfits to go exploring dirty, abandoned places? It's ridiculous.
The characters talk incessantly and often speak over each other. Consequently I'm left wondering how they're going to hear anything paranormal if it happens. Disagreements arise and there's lots of yelling. So much yelling! The dialogue sounds as if they're making it up as they go along, which is not a good thing.
When Lena becomes catatonic, the group brings her back to her room, leaving her in a sleeping bag. The next day she's no better but they leave her again. She's also not eating so she's definitely messed up. Why doesn't someone get her out of there?
The guys aren't very bright. When they are tasked with taking a photo of someone strapped in a chair, they turn off their flashlights so they don't wash out the photo. Really? Have you never used a camera before? Flash photos can be taken with the lights on. So its not necessary to shut off your only light source - other than as a plot device.
People disappear. Characters lock themselves in rooms and think they'll get a cut of the money even though they aren't completing the tasks. Duhr, no reality show is going to let you get away with that. And Carter inspires even more hate. He's this wimp the whole time, panics at the thought of doing anything, and then decides he's going to man up to become the group leader. Yeah, it works out pretty much as expected.
The final scene after the credits will make you sigh and sadly shake your head. We can blame Allen Kellogg who is credited as director, producer, writer, editor, actor, special visual effects, and camera operator.
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| Investigating ghosts isn't spooky with the lights on. |
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| Getting all Michael Cera in an interview. |
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| We go from typical POV shot.... |
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| ...to grainy footage from the production cameras. |
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| More non-spooky, non-atmospheric scenes. |
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