Everything bad about “found footage” horror films can be
found in 100 Ghost Street: The Return of
Richard Speck (2012). This is an
uninspired amalgamation of everything that is wrong with the “found footage”
film. A group of film makers venture
into a supposed haunted establishment to discover the truth about a series of
murders committed by a serial killer (or some other type crazy person). The film makers go into the establishment and
at first have a little bit of “stupid” fun before they each start to disappear
one by one. When they finally realize
that the establishment is indeed haunted they run around endlessly with “shaky
cam” being killed one by one for the remainder of the film.
Characters do stupid things and have even dumber motives and
pretty much the film is a bore from beginning to end because the film makers
never decide to actually do something new or creative with the material. This, in a nutshell, describes the whole of 100 Ghost Street and because the film is
filled with an unidentifiable cast and unknowns they can’t even hold together
the abysmal script by Nancy Leopardi.
Directed by Martin Anderson the film is completely uninspired and barely
competently executed but then again this can be said for most “found footage”
horror films.
Of all the “found footage” films out there 100 Ghost Street is one that you can
completely pass over and forget it even exists.
If you’ve already seen it then I feel sorry for you, but if you haven’t
count yourself as one of the lucky few.
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