Such a frustrating disappointment

Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

IN MEMORIUM is one of the found footage horror flicks that came out in the wake of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. This one predates PARANORMAL ACTIVITY but is made on a very, very low budget with barely anything happening throughout, which means that it's a gruelling experience in terms of boring. A guy is diagnosed with a terminal disease, sets up loads of cameras around his house, and spots a ghost on one of them. That's all there is to it.

There is an abundance of found footage films as we all know of late. Personally I would like to see an original film that has the potential to give me goosebumps and question whether I want to go downstairs and let the dog out at 1am. However, I did find myself intrigued by this film (despite the acting from the younger brother), what started off as a typical haunted house mystery becomes more of a supernatural revenge story. The chemistry between the couple seemed to work well and the director did a good job in making the story believable enough to lose yourself in and actually care about what the outcome would be for the main protagonists. Plus I don't think I've ever been as attracted to a guy who is vomiting blood before - think he brings a vulnerability I wasn't expecting. Generally not a bad film, I found myself wanting to see where it was going to take me and although not very scary I still enjoyed it.

Its an interesting concept, the idea they did with this film was good enough to get me to watch the whole thing, still left feeling disappointed. I was not a fan of the work of Eric Mcdowell (Dennis) and Levi Powell (Frank). The ending deserved something better. Movie left me asking questions that should have been answered. Johanna Watts did a great job portraying Lily. In the end, she was the only character i sort of cared about. A for originality of story, D for casting and F for the script. Camera work was actually pretty decent. 3 stars out of 10 is me being nice. A better script and acting could have made this movie special. Instead it is just another low budget horror movie that is not scary.

Good horror film about Dennis Wade who is diagnosed with terminal cancer and wants to document the rest of his life. He and his girlfriend sublet a house and install motion triggered video cameras throughout. When he moved into the house, Dennis wasn't showing any of the symptoms, but two days in, he starts to show bruises and nose bleeds. And the camera starts capturing creepy things at night in the empty room down the hall.The result is an entertaining, but pretty clichéd horror film. The set up is pretty original though, but it's got the usual jumps and creepy noises. But at least it decided not to go the route of blood and gore.