Over the years there have been just as many ghosts &
poltergeist films produced as there have been zombie films and for the most
part they are truly forgettable. The
same can be said for AMERICAN POLTERGEIST (2015) in which five friends move
into a house with only one other tenant that just isn’t really there. One of the friends Taryn (Ashley Green
Elizabeth) starts to feel a strange connection to the house but the more she
learns, the more she comes to realize the malevolent past of the house and how
she is connected to a serial killer whose spirit is tied to the house and to
her.
This being said, this is a pretty standard and bare bones
poltergeist film with the jump scares (that don’t actually make you jump) but
little in the way of logical plot or interesting characters. I would forgive the film if it had any
interesting gore or action sequences, but all this is lacking as well. The poltergeist, when revealed, does very
little that you haven’t seen before (and done better) and isn’t at all that
interesting despite being based on an actual story.
The film is written by Nicole Holland and Michael Rutkowski
(who also directs) and despite following the conventions of a typical ghost
story it isn’t really executed in any way that would interest either lovers of
horror film or ghost stories.
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