Nitzan Havoc As a Horror fan with strong preferences towards stories involving ghosts, haunting, exorcisms and other supernatural features - I've had high hopes for this film. The title, the poster, the short plot teasers, all pointed towards another great film like One Missed Call or The Exorcism of Emily Rose (combining teen life with haunting and possessions). Sufficing to say I did not get what I had hoped to get. The Haunting of Molly Hartley can be easily divided into two obvious parts. The first 60 minutes or so are an excellent Suspense film (with very little Horror). The build up is slow enough to keep you guessing and interested, yet not too slow to the point of being boring. The characters are interesting enough, albeit stereotypical Teen Flick characters. The sense of curiosity and thrill while trying to figure out what is real and what isn't is just what this sort of film requires. And then - a complete crash.Approximately one hour into the film we learn the overall conclusion, and it is so anticlimactic that I personally have lost all interest in seeing the actual ending. From the moment the unoriginal and not the least well thought of explanation is given, the frustration and disappointment made me so annoyed I almost turned the film off. Think of a runner tripping over a rock then falling off a cliff. It simply killed the story, along with any chance of this film being more than average (and I'm being very kind).The acting is professional, but not great. The cast does a good job playing the generic characters. Impressive, if this were a first year acting school assignment. Beyond that, the film simply isn't scary. A jump scare here and there, some blunt cheats (the bathroom mirror, chicks in bras, bad cellphone reception and other tricks that may have worked during the early 90's), one creepy shot with tons of make up and effects - and that's it. The suspense is there, but the horror isn't.All in all, I'd really enjoyed this film until the terrible second part began. The first part is easily a 7, the second a 3 at most, hence my overall rating of 4 (instead of 5. still too kind). Can't recommend it. Still going to watch the sequel, hoping for a salvation... Probably making a mistake.

TheBlueHairedLawyer Combine Rosemary's Baby (1968) with Carrie (1976) and you'll get this movie. Basically Molly Hartley is a girl with a traumatic past who moves to a new town after her religious and mentally ill mother is sent away. The problem is far worse than she ever could have imagined though... she's been drafted by Satan's minions... but who exactly are they? This movie was boring as hell, the characters were all robot clones and the plot is unoriginal. I wouldn't really recommend it, it does have a few good points but it just isn't worth it. I was at my friend's house and we both fell asleep watching this thing, it's not a very good movie at all.

SnoopyStyle This movie starts with a father who doesn't want his daughter to turn 18 and kills her. Then the movie turns to 17 year old Molly Hartley (Haley Bennett) who is getting a fresh start at a new school. She is still haunted by her religious mother Jane (Marin Hinkle) who stabbed her in the chest and other visions as well. Now she wonders if she's crazy too. She gets the attention of the popular Joseph Young (Chace Crawford). His ex-girlfriend Suzie (AnnaLynne McCord) isn't happy. Religious Alexis (Shanna Collins) is bent on saving Molly. Sassy Leah (Shannon Woodward) is her new friend. Haley Bennett is a really pretty girl, but she doesn't have the acting chops to back it up. Shannon Woodward would have probably made for a better lead or even Jessica Lowndes. Chace Crawford plays a douche. There isn't much to like about most of the characters. There isn't any tension in the movie, and the horror isn't scary. The pacing is excruciatingly slow. It's basically a hot private school girl horror story without any horror and not much of a story.

trashgang Do not watch it if you are thinking to see something like The Exorcist or The Last Exorcism. Although the title involves the word 'haunting' nothing is really scary. on the other hand, the acting of all was pretty well and they looked believable but it's the script that let us down.For so many the opening sequence is rather creepy but so many had questions with that particular part. It has in fact nothing to do with the story of Molly herself and it doesn't explain anything but it do shows that the 'haunting' goes on and on. The word haunting does mean that it should have some creepy or even scary moments sadly it doesn't. It has a lot of jump scenes (even one CGI face) but to be honest it is really one for the teenagers. There's no blood or whatsoever in this flick, it's just one to show at a party with some youngsters, they surely will jump or get goosebumps but for the geeks it has nothing to offer. Just look were our main actress went to, The Hole 3D (2009) another teenager horror. Mickey Liddell did his first effort to direct a horror, on that part it was okay, he new his stuff as a producer of The Collector (2009). It's sad that so many good looking faces and acting facilities are destroyed by a weak script, really, it doesn't develop and goes to nowhere until the final part and still that didn't really worked out well.Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 1/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5