Thanks for the memories!

Good movie but grossly overrated

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

The acting in this movie is really good.

Undermined by murky lighting (it is hard to be spellbound, captivated, awestruck, creeped-out, anxious, or the like if you can't *see* what is supposed to terrify and overwhelm you) and a real lack of scares within the first hour, "The Haunted House Project" (I watched this under the title, Deserted House), a Korean found footage version of The Grudge, isn't able to build or sustain momentum. The pixelation and distortion in the photographic shooting inside the house and its effects on the film, obscured and warped by what was possessing the place are attempts to tell us that something was *off* in this house, that what was born in it thanks to a murder that set off a nasty curse never to be lifted can misshapen anything that comes in contact with it. A film crew (well, a main crew and a small trio of "ghost explorers" (basic kids from high school, clueless but enthusiastic, if a bit unlearned), with a second unit of two taking a look at the place, prior to the arrival of the main crew, falling prey themselves to something wrong in the place) take on their next project: a house which featured a murdered cookie factory magnate and his family, supposedly slaughtered by the ghost of the secretary the magnate was having an affair with (and perhaps murdered, her tomb a big mudhole puddle near his factory; an attempt to use a machine to dig up her body resulted in the vehicle collapsing and the operator dying). They soon encounter a manifestation that attacks them, using members of their own group as hosts as weapons for a terrible late night offensive. The majority of the film has the crew investigating and searching out the place. The music accompaniment, used for dramatic effect, seems desperate. Not being able to identify what was going on a lot of the time left me rather tired and burdened. I wanted to like this, I did. That house--with it falling apart at the seams, garbage and trash all over the place, as the walls, floors, ceiling, and windows (the basic working structure of the house, what represents the house's look and identity) are all disheveled and mangled--is a horror fan's dream. It is the perfect place for a ghost to haunt...and cause painful and murderous mischief if so inclined. Those involved in this wanted to give an authenticity. I do admire that desire, and the attempt to make it look like discovered footage yet to be refined, edited into a cohesive package for proper viewing by the public. But sometimes those involved in a film such as this--built to unsettle and be impactful on numerous levels--can lose sight of one important fact: we need to be able to see what is supposed to effect us.

The kind of movie that wanted to be a slowburn film up until the finale, could not help but show us the goods leading to a disappointing final 10 minutes. The thing about this movie, is that when it decides to be good, it is amazing. There are some genuinely creepy scenes that keep you on the edge of your seat. It even has a WTF! scene where you cannot believe what is happening on the screen. The only problem is, whenever something scary is not happening on screen, there is just boring scenes of people walking around and talking to each other. This destroys the pacing of the movie and makes it a chore to finish. The finale gets confusing for a bit, as you are not exactly sure what is happening. It all leads up to a meaningless jump scene that makes no sense in the context of the found-footage genre. There are even multiple scenes where there is obviously more than one camera being used.The Good- some truly great horror scenes.The Bad- rest of the movie is boring.

This was the first horror movie I saw this year (2011), Now this year almost gone. I am review it 11 months late! (Because i have total forgot about it)I was looking forward to this movie when I saw the trailer. made it look really creepy and scary! but it either of them!The plot: Over the course of 42 years, 6 went missing, 8 had accidents and 11 were murdered! Three haunted house club members and three camera crew decide to look into this infamously haunted house, known to be possessed by real ghosts. Ignoring all signs from the other world, they enter this haunted house and disappear without a trace. A video footage of what they shot during their visit was since recovered, which may reveal why and how they disappeared.This build up for this movie was really dull, nothing really happens until 50min mark of the movie.When the strange things start to happen, some scene are so dark, I could not make out what the hell was going on!I did not like the ending at all, it did not make any sense at all! This movie is a waste of Time, there is not one good think i can say about this movie!

'Pyega' follows the Blair Witch Project formula almost to a t. From the setting of a documentary about a haunting to the first person hand held camera perspective to dimly lit scenes and plenty of screaming: the recipe for this type of horror has become common place at this point. Although this is a Korean movie it has none of the hallmarks of Asian cinema, instead it insists on adhering so closely to Blair Witch that it becomes nothing but an exercise in tedious repetition.The haunted house in question is half ruined to such a point that it is already dangerous without any claims to a supernatural entity with a malign intent. Perhaps the one saving grace of this movie, apart from the decent acting, is that despite a good one third of it being too dark to see anything at all in the final scenes the viewer does get to glimpse at something disturbing.Ultimately, there is not anything new or exciting about this movie and it ends up being rather disappointing. Coming in 2010 it is something of an anachronism in the world of horror in the way in reiterates well treaded ground without a hint of originality.