Evan Asher (Harrison Gilbertson) and his family have just
moved into a house that holds a dark past and many secrets in the atmospheric
film Haunt (2014). Evan is an introvert who quickly makes
friends with his neighbor Sam (Liana Liberato), who has her own secrets, but
curiosity gets the better of them when Sam talks Evan into using a radio box
left behind by the previous tenant to communicate with the spirit of a past
resident. Once they communicate with the
dead there is no end to their curiosity no matter how dangerous their lives
become as the mystery of discovering who the spirit was over powers them.
Written by Andrew Barrer and directed by Mac Carter the film
is a well done haunted house feature which relies on atmosphere to create a
sense of dread and menace. Although
there is nothing in this film that hasn’t been explored in previous haunted
house films Carter does an extremely good job with the material and the two
leads are really good together keeping you engaged from beginning to end.
This being said, it’s still just another haunted house story
that hinges upon how much you love the genre.
The jump scares are prevalent and it is an effective film that does what
it’s expected to do but not much else.
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