Haunting at the Rectory

2015 "Dare you enter the most haunted house in England?"
Haunting at the Rectory
2.9| 1h28m| en| More Info
Released: 15 June 2015 Released
Producted By: North Bank Entertainment
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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Based on chilling real life events, this story charts one couple's terrifying real life encounter with the dark forces of the supernatural. In 1930, Reverend Lionel Foyster and his wife Marianne move into the Borley Rectory when Reverend Foyster is named rector of the parish. The couple's peaceful existence is soon shattered by a series of unexplained occurrences which quickly escalate into a heart stopping nightmare. Now Reverend Foyster and Marianne must discover the deadly secrets of the Rectory to avoid becoming another tragic footnote in the dark history of The Most Haunted House In England.

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mjsreg First of all, this is nowhere near a 'horror', it's not even a reasonable ghost story. Neither is it a reasonable thriller or suspense movie, nor a drama worth any weight at all.Just because a film is low budget doesn't mean the fundamentals of film making should be abandoned.If a film is being presented as a certain time period make sure it looks the part. In other words, camouflage modern fitments for starters, even if it means using a bit of painted cardboard!! Modern light switches slap bank in the middle of the frame.Next is don't shoot your own equipment! In several scenes attention to framing is non-existent. For example a massive light rig in the garden during a night scene.Shaky shake works SOMETIMES. Hand-held effects can bring drama to a scene when used appropriately. In this movie it is used far too much when the emphasis should be on the characters and becomes annoying and distracting (someone MUST have watched this before finalising the shoot).Learn to direct. So many many times in this movie the actors appeared to be left hanging wondering what to do next. Long pauses that made actors look like they had lost the plot became another annoyance.As with directing - learn to edit! Many of the annoyances because of the lack of direction could have been addressed in editing. Conversations between characters were often slow and laboured - totally artificial.Make sure your story reflects what you claim. The marketing for this film is as a horror. As in my opening comment, it isn't - nowhere near.Having said that, if the technical problems with the film had been addressed and the actors given direction and the opportunity to rehearse more this could have been an interesting movie to watch.The production team had the equipment, but the lack of attention to detail has yet again let down what could have been a decent film.
kendra_foxtrot Ridiculously disappointed with this film. The cover art, title and plot description must have been from a different movie altogether. This movie is about a love triangle among a bald reverend, his buxom wife and a not so good looking handyman. These characters were plopped down at Borley Rectory and the creators smacked the horror genre label on it. You can tell when a part is supposed to be scary whenever a character other than one of these three appears. The problem is there is nothing scary about a pretty nun conversing with the reverend on a bright and sunny afternoon even if it happens in a graveyard and she's supposed to be a ghost. I am not really sure what was happening at times, especially when it turned into Dark Night of the Scarecrow for a second (again brightly lit, middle of the day, not scary). I thought this was going to be a slow burn with all the jumps at the end...instead this slow burn slowed down into a poof of smoke that didn't even manage to cover the overwhelming stench that this movie is. Do not waste your time on this one.
Kyris Thomas Awful, completely awful, completely and utterly waste of £4, the story doesn't make any sense what so ever. Was looking forward to watching but now,completely useless, Just wasted a complete 88mins of my life I can't get back now, if I could rewind time I honestly would.No point at all of watching this. No supernatural forces. No haunting. No nothing really.The best thing thing to do is avoided this film. Nothing's happened until it was over. Not sure if it was just me that didn't like this film, I would say it's more of a romantic-crime all it really was about, accuracy I don't really know what it was about to be honest. I really don't understand the paranormal connection at all. This movies is about a cheating wife, not about paranormal activity. I didn't get what the ghost drivel, that was randomly shoved into a movie of entirely different genre, had to do with anything or what connection it was supposed to have to the story.
harryandthehendersons Clearly lots disgruntled by the cover not reflecting the direction the story takes in the film. I was happy to take the film for what it is and not get hung up on how it was promoted. Lots of films have promotion which doesn't fit the content of the film. When I considered the film on its own merits I found it to be a very enjoyable tale of betrayal. More like a thriller than a horror to be honest but the horror parts of the story nicely tie back into the main story between the three lead characters. I felt it was well written and quite clever in its execution. Considering the low budget they captured a period feel very well too. A solid steamy thriller that deserves to find an audience.