zzoaozz I actually thought this movie was far better than most of the others like it, even those made more recently. Since the success of Ghost Hunters and Paranormal Activity the movie industry has been churning out tons of movies where paranormal investigators - some skeptics some believers - have gone into a supposedly haunted locale to prove or debunk the claims only to run up against real supernatural events. Most of them go the unfortunate route of trying to look like found footage. Most rely on annoying night vision shots to build suspense and sadly, most use the same tired old clichéd activity and sudden jump scenes to achieve their scares. Worst of all the acting is generally horrible in these films with characters that are flat and unlikable. They could all go back and learn a lesson from this movie. This movie relies on a strong back story to support the events going on in the haunted house. The events themselves are really interesting. Toys levitating, vivid dreams, automatic(ish) drawing. The acting was very good, particularly Beau Bridges character and the actor playing the psychic, Allen. They were perfect in their roles and the rest of the cast supported them wonderfully. The ghosts when seen were spooky yet real looking instead of the overdone white faced, bug eyed, ratty hair ghosts that are so prevalent today. I truly enjoyed this movie.

Killer_Duck POTENTIAL MINOR SPOILERS: I usually turn on SciFi on Saturdays to kill time with cheesy flicks but this was better than the usual fare. The acting was very good, as could be expected from actors like Bridges, Ferrer, and Nia Long but even the actors I had not heard of were far better than I had anticipated. I remember seeing the incident the movie is based on on the TV show "Sightings" (and the house has been featured on other paranormal shows as well). Of course, the movie appeared to take poetic license with some events. The worst bits were some of the effects (when you can "see" what the ghosts are seeing), and the acting on part of the bad guy (in the visions) was pretty over the top (not in a good way). But in all the cast kept things pretty low key and that helps the movie avoid going over the top.

bobwildhorror I wasn't expecting much from this one, and that's exactly what I got. "True story," indeed. And Bambi is a nature documentary.Where to begin? Without any knowledge of its origins, I had it identified as a TV movie in minutes. The lighting was flat. The actors walked through scene after scene like cardboard cutouts. The monster "effects" - almost makes them sound legit, doesn't it? - amounted to a wide-angle lens and some color saturation. Dreadful. This is the same low-budget effect that became popular with the zero-budget crowd: that monster point of view with Sega colors.The thing that plucked this turkey, though, was the screenplay. The attempts at emotional depth were laughable. Every time one of the characters opened their mouths, I knew they were going to utter some completely clichéd and idiotic thing. I was never disappointed.Sorry about the venom, folks, but I don't want anybody wasting rental money on this one. Beau Bridges, why have you forsaken me?

KipTH This movie is based from a true story, right? I remember that I saw it from a TV show SIGHTINGS some time ago but never known until last night it was made for a TV movie too. Personally I quite like this movie, it still caught my attention through from the beginning to the end even I know the summary. I saw it alone after midnight and let me tell you it was really getting me scared and feeling like bewaring my back!!! If you used to see what was going on in real life with that family from tape of SIGHTINGS you know this movie is not bad. Not kind of making you jump from scary faces but gradually making you chill. It's good one!!! Watch it alone by yourself after midnight and remember it's something that really happened. Of course I don't know if it was true but if you just following like I said you will found how this movie could be scared. If you like kind of supernatural movie, fake or not I don't know, you will enjoy this film.