Wonderful Movie

Excellent but underrated film

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Greystone Park (2012) think is also know as The Asylum Tapes (UK title) I don normal mind these Hand-Held Camera/Documentary Horror, I seat thought a number of them, Yeah some movies are good and some are really bad and boring none of them have give me headache like this movie as But this movie I found everything to be very annoying from the start first of the movie is too dark, that can't seem to see what the hell is going on. For few moment I thought I sat on the remote and turn TV off by mistake but I Know i didn't cause these banging noise now and again coming form the TV black screen, If wasn't the Darkness of movie, it very annoying fizzing pictures that come on way to often in this movie, This movie just came a really bad headache. The part of the movie you can actually see in the movie is last 2 minutes of the movie, which was only decent part of the movie that may someone Jump if this was their first horror movie and the ending was very predicable and boring. I don't if the acting was good or bad as I couldn't really tell but scripts were really bad too.Quote from the movie Anyone who goes into this building ends up going mad! 1 out of 10

Thanks to movies likes "Paranormal Activity," ghost and haunted house movies are making a comeback. You could say what "Scream" did for slasher movies, "Paranormal Activity" does for haunted house movies, and within the stream of terrifying and top-notch haunted houses movies to emerge is "Greystone Park." Filmed in a sort of mockumentary style or pseudo-documentary form, the movie stars Sean Stone, son of Oliver Stone of "JFK." Sean meets Alex Wraith, an urban explorer at one of his father's dinner parties and hears about paranormal encounters Alex has had visiting abandoned mental hospitals, of which there are a lot on this country. Along for the trip is Antonella Lentini, a "hauntingly" attractive student from NYC University with a similar interest in insane asylums, and they travel out to explore the abandoned and derelict Greystone Park Mental Hospital in New Jersey for a short film. The best part of the movie is that the location is the real star of the movie. Pieced together from footage shot at Letchworth Village, Creedmore Asylum and Linda Vista Hospital, the setting floats between uneven states of neglect from being completely decimated and ruined to almost preserved as they wander the location looking for activity, getting scared by shadows, unnerved by props and settings or just scaring each other a long the way. Some of what they encounter are shadows set aside for just the audience to see to establish the notion that maybe the ghosts aren't real, and maybe someone else could be in the location trying to scare them. However, a few weak spots come up here and there. One, while the movie is both terrifying and psychological, the conversations of the trio border on the inane as they over-theorize and debate on why ghosts exist and why people are drawn to visiting these locations. Another problem with the movie are the intense blackouts and camera problems that occur throughout. After a while, they get kind of a little annoying. It is hard enough the travel through the setting with the characters without having to also experience their hallucinations and breakdowns with them, especially since the movie frequently goes pitch black and completely unlit at times. At one time or another, each of the main characters gets "possessed" and zones out without any memories of what they did while they were in character. The location alone even dressed up with the odd props and disturbing mutilated dolls is disturbing enough without having to endure the seven glimpses of images compressed down to under two seconds. Another problem I have is there are two many sub-plots with the discussions of Billy Lasher as one of the ghosts, the talks of someone else being in the location, whether or not Alex is trying to scare them, the worries of devil worshippers on the site, the struggles with being lost inside the structure (Alex always claims to know where he is, but he never does) and every other thought that gets passed around in the movie. Bottom line: it's an excellent movie with an intense location, but the "Twilight Zone" ending where it ends up doesn't measure up with the rest of the film or the journey it took getting there.

I had watched the movie for the first time today, and normally i am not easily scared when watching movies like this, but about 45 minutes to an hour into the movie i wanted to stop watching but i couldn't. Some parts you like what? and scratching your head, most parts your like wheres the controller/remote and wanting to change it because your all scared then you get to a new part and your like no i have to keep watching. i just say make sure you have someone with you if your not really that big of a scary movie fan, but if your a scary movie fan grab some food and hunker down, your stuck for a while. Hope this helps anybody, enjoy!

I can't seem to get away from these "found footage" films. One after another, they just keep rolling in and are obviously a trend of the decade. Typically, I can't say I find quality in these types of films, they're usually extremely shaky (reference V/H/S or Crowsnest) and unwatchable just based on that alone. This movie didn't bother me as much as others, in that aspect. The storyline is good. I won't go into it much, but it's better than movies like it (reference Grave Encounters or Episode 50). Don't expect to see a straight up and down horror movie here, it's more of a psychological horror movie and yes...there's a difference. But it works, it's a movie that gets under your skin. On that note I MUST mention how much I loved the subliminal images in this movie. If you watch this, which you should, look for the picture within the picture. Don't just watch the actors, indulge in their surroundings and take it in and you'll be surprised at what you find. This movie was very skillfully made in that aspect. Overall, don't just look at the "3/10" rating this movie was given. Whoever rated this movie low was expecting all the wrong things out of it or just didn't give it a chance. I personally don't usually watch movies rated less than a 5.5 but I decided to give it a chance. I don't know exactly why I did, but I'm glad I did and I think you would be too.