Very disappointing...

Awesome Movie

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

HAUNTED is a largely uninteresting low budget horror feature notable only for casting Lance Henriksen in a leading role. It's an essential two-hander in which a father and son head into the woods to bond but soon find themselves tracked down by a mysterious demonic creature. Is there really something stalking them or are dark secrets from the past to blame? The problem is that you won't really care because this film is sloppily written, focusing too much on uninteresting twists for the most part. The best thing about it by far is Henriksen, who delivers a performance of depth and disturbance, ably putting across the mind of a harrowed man. Henriksen has long been a cult favourite in supporting roles so it's nice to see him get the chance to shine here.Unfortunately the actor playing opposite him, Sean Elliot as the son, just can't keep up with his performance and he feels wooden, his character dull. The cinematography is pretty poor, with too many tricks trying to hide the low budget, and in the end it's a film where nothing much really happens. There's little insight come the finale, just unpleasant gore effects and a production in need of a proper story.

I can tell you one thing about this weird horror, you love it or hate it and I still don't know what to think about it. It do has a few creepy moments but it also got a lot of talking between father and son. I'm sure that once seeing it you will argue what it's all about. Who are those creature(s). What happened to the family?You have to watch very closely to get it all, it's full of flash backs but it also has moments of terror. Even the way that it was shot will leave some people wandering why it was shot that way. They used a lot of light and smoke in the wood to give some special(call it arty) shots. The best way to see this psychological horror is just by watching it and not knowing what's it all about. The acting is superb so on that part it works, it even got a graphic gore shot of a leg, it's all there but for some this flick will leave you with a few questions.Gore 1/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 3/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5

Wow, how did this movie get so many positive reviews? It must have been friends and relatives of the movie makers to fool people into seeing it. Yes the acting is very good, especially from one of the most underrated actors of our time Lance Henriksen. But this is a slow, boring tedious movie that never explains anything. This father and son dual are being stalked in the woods by a creature that looks like a burnt humanoid thing, yet neither of the men is even remotely curious as to what it is that is trying to kill them. Then we get continuous flashbacks of a tragedy that happened to them years before that has NOTHING to do with what is happening to them now! One reviewer stated that it made her think. It made me think too. It made me think why did I just waste 80 minutes of my precious life watching a piece of crap that felt like it was 80 hours long! I mean it when I said the positive reviews have to be from people associated with the making of the film. No impartial person could actually like this super-boring snooze-fest.

This film is a breath of fresh air and among genre films I've seen this year, you won't find any better.October and Russell are an estranged son and father (respectively), coming together (what seems like) for the first time in quite some time. A weekend out in the woods to repair bonds gets off on the wrong foot when Russell hastily puts down the family dog despite the efforts of October to save him. Clearly this a family at odds and something darker is lurking within their souls.The weekend to reconnect carries on and October and Russell head out to the neighboring woods which surround Russell's home. But things quickly derail when Russell sees a strange figure in the woods and steps off a cliff and breaks his leg. October finds him and drags him to safety.The remainder of our film involves father and son stranded in the woods, trying to reconnect, but with the ever present threat of something lurking, out there to get them should they try and escape the confines. Flashbacks clue us in as to what exactly happened to this family. And as the final denouement hits, our film ends in terrifying fashion as two worlds collide and our monsters make the men face their greatest fears.With fantastic performances all around (both Sean Elliott and genre vet Lance Henriksen shine), you won't find a better genre feature this year. The film will wear on your psyche and stay with you for days. Highly recommended.