A Dead Calling

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05/02/2023 The acting throughout most of this movie was just painful to sit through. Not even Sid Haig could rescue this one, although Haig isn’t that good of an actor either, in my opinion. So much of this movie sounds like the actors are just reading the script and moving their facial muscles, not acting. After reading their lines, it is easy to imagine how someone might really sound in real life saying the same thing in the same situation, and it’s nothing close to the bland reading these actors give. The actors can only be blamed so much for the poor performance. In the end, it mostly falls as the director’s responsibility, and this directing was not even good enough to be considered amateur. Soap operas evoke more emotion and audience engagement than this mess. The story was really the only part of the movie that stood out as above average, but it was not enough to salvage this shipwreck or bad acting and directing. See more 01/30/2018 Who casts Sid Haig as the loving father? Lots of acting going on here. Rushed writing. Not much makes any sense. Eggs are there then they're gone but don't worry - they come back. See more 12/03/2016 This was so hard to watch. Choppy filming, crappy editing. The story made no sense. Characters are mentioned and never spoken of again, terrible choreography, loud rustling throughout the whole thing. The trailer made way more sense than the whole movie. Ends left untied and stories left unexplained. Just, ugh. See more 09/30/2015 I can't even...poorly made. Poorly acted. Very disappointing. Only made it about a half hour in. See more 02/23/2015 Good story line. decent acting. See more 03/15/2014 One line summary: Ghosts, revenge, confused parentage, murder, obsession, but no scares. -------------------------- Rachel is a successful roving reporter for a television station. One evening she comes home and all seems well. A home invasion occurs and the thief kills her significant other by stabbing. She's in shock. She loses her job, her place of work. She goes back to her home in Fillmore with her parents George and Marge, then gets a job at the local television station. Her first assignment is an ongoing one in which she is to report on some of the high points of the local architecture. When she goes to first stop on the list, the 'Sullivan House,' all seems as usual until she goes upstairs. Then she hallucinates a brutal stabbing of a woman by an enraged man. On her second visit, she meets Arnold, a photographer who is investigating paranormal events using very sensitive photographic equipment. When they are about to uncover a paranormal event, a big fellow gets in Arnold's way, then stabs him to death. Stephen does some research, and finds that Arnold was killed some years ago. Oh, my. The Chief would rather that Stephen and Rachel quit poking around the Sullivan house. So of course they go there the same night. The Chief gets a complaint about their skulking around, and confronts them in the house. Unfortunately for the Chief, Dr. Sullivan, who owns the house, has gotten out of prison, and he stabs the Chief to death. Rachel figures out that the killer is her father and the ghost in her first hallucination is the ghost of her birth mother. Does Rachel help resolve the ghost's psychological problems, so that the haunting stops? Will any of the cast survive Dr. Sullivan? Are there last minute surprises? -----Scores----- Cinematography: 6/10 Camera shake. Stupid camera angles. Sound: 5/10 There are some big shifts in volume for no particular purpose, except perhaps for shock effect. Acting: 0/10 Alexandra Holden and John Burke are both terrible in this film. Their delivery of lines is just poor, and their external affect seems irrelevant. Micah Costanza was wretched as Deputy Murken. Mike Korich as Arnie Howard was no prize either. Screenplay: 2/10 Does Rachel ever mourn Brian? Why is Rachel so snotty toward her parents? Why was absolutely nothing in this film scary? Bad writing. See more Read all reviews

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