Monday 27 October 2014

The Apparition (2012) 5/10

Starring : Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan, Tom Felton
Director : Todd Lincoln
Running Time : 83 mins

Following an ill-conceived experiment to contact the other side by a group of students, including one named Ben (Stan), he and his girlfriend Kelly (Greene) discover that they have let an entity into their lives. Attempting to flee from Kelly’s parent’s house to avoid the spirit, the two find the spectre following them wherever they go, but the spirit has latched on to Ben and Kelly and is haunting them!

I couldn’t figure out why the spirit was following them, when it was their friend who opened the gateway to hell or whatever. He seemed to have gotten off scot free while they were terrorised. This is a pretty weak horror, and it doesn’t help that it is aimed at a younger audience with its 15 certificate and cast hailing from the likes of Twilight and Harry Potter. Fans of Paranormal Activity should probably stick with Paranormal Activity – this is more like the bad teen horrors that came along after Scream in the late nineties and early naughties.

You’ll like this if you liked : Pulse


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