I love this movie so much

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

I was looking for something dark, and I got it. It plays like a Japanese horror film, and there is a slasher in it, but there was little else to hold my interest.Except for Sid Haig, of course. I just watched him the other night in his clown makeup, and he really was funny as a regular father in this film. He was "Father Knows Best" with an affinity for guns. He really made me keep watching until the end. His wife was Leslie Easterbrook. This was their third movie together after Halloween and The Devil's Rejects. Of course, many remember her from the Police Academy films.Also from Halloween, The Devil's Rejects, and Grindhouse was Bill Moseley as the sheriff.This must have been the fourth or fifth Michael Feifer film I have seen. He does a lot of serial killers. His films are usually worth watching, but nothing to write home about.If you like the genre check it out on cable sometime.

This is by far the worst horror movie,if not the worst movie i ever seen in all my life!No suspense,not even horror.not even a plot.Very bad acting too.The story(if we can call it like that)is very predictable.Conclusion:if you are a true fan of horror/suspense movies you'll be surprise with yourself if you stand watching more than 30 minutes of it.But if you are a fan of bad comedy/fantasy well ... you might like the movie.By the way the movie's name, "A dead calling",don't realize why it call's like that:It makes you believe that a phone is in the middle but...no.And the house?It's a beautiful house,too beautiful too be haunted. Oh well ,this is only a opinion of a lover horror films.

OK, I just saw the movie and I didn't think that it was THAT bad. The other reviewer is correct the acting sucks, big time, but if you actually give it a chance and try to get into the character then it's not so bad. I would not recommend buying or renting it but if you're stuck somewhere out in the middle of nowhere with cable and the movie just so happens to come on, it might be OK. Yes the escaped convict plot is alright, way too played out. There are actually kind of two "twists". The first is pretty obvious from the get-go. The other surprised me a little but it did not improve the movie what-so-ever. I think that the characters the were in The Devil's Rejects, should stay there. There is "supposed" to be a tender moment between the parents and the daughter and I could only laugh. Now if "tender" meant "awkward" then I could understand. All in all this was a pretty bad movie. Don't waste ANY money on this or you'll be sorry.

A young television reporter (or "investigative journalist") is attacked in her home, leading to her boyfriend being murdered. Six months later she returns to work in a smaller town, and stumbles across a house full of ghosts trying to call out to her. What is the secret of this house and how is she connected to it? The answer won't surprise you.Pay attention during the introduction and opening credits -- see the scary pictures and the scary noises, because that is the only scary thing in the entire film. The rest of it is bland and completely silly, with maybe a jump here or there if you're susceptible to such things. But nothing creepy, I promise.This film is like a reunion for "The Devil's Rejects", bringing together Leslie Easterbrook, Sid Haig and Bill Moseley. But it's also like a preview for "Ed Gein" or "House", since many of the same actors appear in those films, as well as the same director and producer. I guess once you become involved in one horror b-movie they just keep calling you back for more, and maybe after five or six you'll earn like twenty dollars.The lead (Rachel Beckwith) is played by Alexandra Holden. She can act, she's beautiful and she's been in a variety of big name movies (not least of which was "Sugar and Spice"). How did she end up being cast in such a thing as this? Probably the same way Jennifer Connelly ended up in "Dark Water"... which is still a mystery.I was warned by my friend Cody that Sid Haig (who plays George Beckwith) cannot act. Well, this appears to be true. But, in all fairness, he's no better or worth than anyone else in this film. I just have a difficult time seeing him without clown makeup, because he has a really funny shaped face and head.The worst actor in this is by far Mike Korich, who plays Arnie Howard. You would think in a film of bad actors he could blend in, but he makes everyone else look good. He accentuates every word he says and is just really obnoxious. Also, what he is doing with paranormal equipment is really unclear.Parts of this film are decent. The escaped killer plot is pretty nice. The whole ghosts thing is really done in a stupid way, and the "twist" is completely unoriginal and you'll see it coming a mile away. Also, what's the deal with Rachel's boss? His behavior is all over the place, and he seems to give her too much flexibility. Granted, it's obvious he wants to do devious things to her body, but does he need to act so much the part? He seems drunk or insane half the time.There's no reason to ever see this movie unless you're a complete masochist (I am). Go listen to Marcy Playground or something else that would be less annoying. Actually, Marcy Playground was pretty decent in concert, opening for Everclear with Fastball in 1998 in Madison, Wisconsin. You should have been there. Heck, you should be anywhere that doesn't make you watch "A Dead Calling".