Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

I love movies based on the paranormal, especially haunted house ones. But I have also seen some which don't come even close to either being scary or the effects to create the ghost character(s) is crap. The legend of Lucy Keyes fits in both categories. If this is supposed to be a true story, than I'll tell you this. This movie isn't doing it any justice at all. Which is a shame.To make matters worse, the ghosts don't even show up until half way through the film, by that time any person who is watching it will have fallen asleep. (I almost did)The story is mostly about a family moving from the big city to a country village. Only to find that the house and land which is near the house, is haunted. (like that hasn't been done before) This concept is going past it's sell by date.As I said in my Summary, Boring as hell, Avoid it at all costs.There are better haunted house movies out there if you take the time to find and see them.

i live in the town next to where this movie is supposed to take place, so i knew of the legend very well and i grew up knowing it. i was disappointed when i heard they where making it into a movie, but once i saw it (mind you- it was the first time they played it on lifetime movie network..loll) i LOVED it! the actors are amazing, and its funny when i pass places that they filmed at cause I'm like "hey! the girl who played Lucy stood right here!" yeah- I'm really cool like that, but my friends are always stealing my copy of the movie to watch, i'd definitely recommend it for anyone. its a great scary movie because no one really gets hurt, so you can sleep well- unless you're me who lives pretty much in the same town XD

Being based on a true disappearance, I think the movie did justice to the mystery from the 1700s. For an independent film, it had a lot less gore than most fright flicks and it is to be commended for that. Expanding the tale to solve the mystery may have been too ambitious a project for the director. However, I find the bittersweet ending to have been well thought out and fairly executed. I think the fear that the Keyes descendant felt should have been explored more in the script, but perhaps explanation for that was left on the editing floor. All in all, I felt it was a decent attempt at solving a centuries-old mystery in a manner that unfortunately, sadly still occurs in this day and age.

The Legend of Lucy Keyes: I was really stupid thinking this one could rock stars. The movie is not bad, but sincerely it does not expand into nothing original nor outstanding.A city family moves into a rural zone where it lies a secret and a supernatural tale: An haunting folk story where a ghost of a woman wanders thru the woods at night trying to find her lost daughter 250 years ago.The acting is decent and the story is somewhat cool but the running of the film goes towards mediocrity and uncreativeness due to a lack of positive sets to make the audience captive and thrilled in the seat.If you're trying to watch a real horror movie don't go this way and avoid the party-hunting that sets off to find little Lucy Keyes...