October 17th: Episode 50 (2011, purchased at Disc Replay)

It's another one of those movies about paranormal invenstigators that get more than they bargained for, s imilar to Grave Encounters and Death of a Ghost Hunter.  I enjoyed both of those films, one more than the other.  This movie present itself as the show itself, as though you are watching an episode of the show, for the first act.  I'm also a fan of shows like that, Ghost Hunters and Ghost Adventures.  So, this movie seems pretty much perfect for me.

The characters in this film don't really fit the cast of the shows it mimics.  Those shows often are white washed with the ocasional token female, this show has a very generic horror movie cast.

Our intrepid investigators are given the chance to investigate the most haunted place on Earth, something that any one of those shows would love to do.  This movie spends a little too uch time explaining ideas, though.  I guess in a means to set up the opposing research teams and initate those of us who are unaware of these shows.  This movie purports to show footage from any unaired episode.

What makes me laugh a little bit about it is the fact that the setup for their investigation mimic the way that that shows like Ghost Hunters open.  I was actually pretty impressed.  Tension is created by pittig a pious investigative team looking for proof of the after life with the initial skecpitcal team set up to investigate: classic macho horror movie chest bumping takes place.

The movie really starts the action pretty quickly once the team is on location, with unexplained noises and motions.  The team is clearly on edge about what they're seeing.

It takes the two teams into the asylum and the usual things takes place as per horror movies.  The ending is a little more forth coming than a lot of films of its type, but still fails to really make an impact.  It's clear while the 50th episod of this show was never aired and it's also apparent why this film was never really paid attention to.

I didn't dislike it, but I can't say that I whole heartedly liked the film.  It might be worth it in pinch, but the Silent Hill inspired nurses and the Tenacious D style demons really didn't do it for me.  I'll give this one a pass.