Overrated

Good movie but grossly overrated

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

I had never seen an IMAX movie before I saw this, so naturally I was excited to see it, unaware of the 40 minutes of torture awaiting me.This film has the dumbest plot in history. An untalented rock star (Jasper Steverlinck - Who? Exactly.) returns to his mom's haunted castle where he encounters the devil (Harry Shearer), who is going by the name of Mr. D (*cringe*) and is forcing rock stars to work for him, or else he kills themwith guilotines and crap. "Mr. D" also killed Jaspy's mom (who is equally untalented in music as her son) and is now trying to get Jasper to work for him (God only knows what Mr. D sees in this hack). We're forced to watch this cringefest and listen to the worst music ever for a slow and painful 40 minutes. We hear the main characters song (which seems to be the only song he knows) like 5 times. Seeing this was the first time I've ever wanted to walk out of a movie, but the IMAX had us in locked seats like on a roller coaster (not sure if that's how all IMAX movies are?). It made me feel like Alex in A Clockwork Orange. Your humble commenter was boo-hoo-hoo-ing for the credits to roll. Of course, wants they came along, we got to hear Japser's song all the way through again. :(0/10 - AVOID AT ALL COSTS

To watch the "Haunted Castle" in all of its 3-D glory is simply an awesome experience! I love watching the "Haunted Castle" in my basement, with lights off & Dolby 5.1 surround sound pumping out of every speaker. Everyone I have shown this movie to loves it and has commented on how cool it is. The combination of the fantastic 3D effects plus surround sound give this little flick something truly special! I'd give the "Haunted Castle" 100 stars if I could.....just because it is so cool.This movie would not be nearly as entertaining in 2D or with average sound. If your lucky enough to own a pair of LCD shutter glasses and have a semi decent surround system --and you have not seen the "Haunted Castle"-- I would seriously recommend you stop what your doing and purchase it immediately.For all you other suckers out there- get yourselves some shutter glasses, get that TV cranked up and check out the "Haunted Castle". It is sure to cast it's spell on you!

This is by far the worst movie I have ever seen. The 3D is amazing, and it really makes you feel like you are walking in the mansion and its great how things jump right out at you. But dear god what a crappy movie.**Contains Spoilers** The acting was absolutely horrible. The voice actor gets into the mansion, is greeted by ghost, a demon, and Satan.. Then he gets to hell and goes on a roller coaster and suddenly, "This is getting to weird." Actual words. "This is getting too weird" YOU JUST SAW Satan.In my opinion, I would rather shoot myself in the foot then ever even hear the title of this movie again.

After reading of the disagreements between IMAX and the producers, I decided that the film simply *had* to be seen, if for no other reason than the support of free artist endeavour, unfettered by the dictates of the machinery used to present it. The visual aesthetics of current 3D projection technology were also a strong drawing point.First, the up side. Much of the film is computer-generated, usually quite obviously so, but this detracts very little from the beauty of the images on the screen. By way of introduction, the film begins with the viewer flying over a vast expanse of seascape and hillside, circling an ominous castle...getting ever closer and closer. This echo of early Imax films (i.e. North of Superior) is highly effective as a means to draw the viewer into the world subsequently created. The illusion of depth and solidity is maintained, and increased, throughout this rather short offering by clever viewpoints, slow panning and circling, and the creation of interior spaces and movements that had some of the audience gasping in discomfort, yet loving the "ride". Textures were sumptuous, perspectives both nightmarish and realistic, though the meshing of computer-generated surroundings and human actor(s) was somewhat disconnected or abstract at points. The 3D effect was never lost, though oft-times had a cartoonish quality to it. The music was geared to a 15-25 year-old audience, with some of it having an unearthly beauty that sent shivers along my spine.The disturbing images are inadvertently humourous, lacking even the "horror punch" present in everyday hellfire-and-brimstone preaching, letalone the creepy-crawly quality present in "Nightmare Before Christmas".The down side? The plot isn't much, characters lack depth, and trite philosophy underlies much of the dialogue on the screen. The technology is barely tolerable, with rather heavy eyegear needed to complete the illusions of visual depth. Watching three hours with this equipment on one's head would be physically painful, if not impossible. Though I soon adapted to the equipment I had to move my head, rather than my eyes, to look at different sections of the screen, in order to avoid a disconcerting strobing effect. This is hardly "ergonomic".All in all, worth seeing as an almost-spectacular demonstration of a technology in its primitive stages of development, and a visual genre still in formation. More will come our way, and further refinements will no doubt amaze us in years to come.