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The Ghost is a Lie - Take One
Canada 2023
produced by Scott Williams, Jason Armstrong, Brian Oakley, Chad Chatterson, Jason Skitch, Torin Langen, Stuart McAulay for SKG Films
directed by Jason Armstrong
starring Jake Raymond, Christina Aceto, Lindsay Smith, Colin Price, Chris Carnel, Rich Piatkowski, Gene Abella, Rachel Sellan, Christina Schimmel, Alex Graham, Alex Frankson, Becky E. Shrimpton, Jason Skitch, Maria Skitch, Brian Oakley, Madison Oakley
written by Jason Armstrong, Becky E. Shrimpton, special effects makeup by Mitchell Stacey, stunt coordination by Chris Carnel
The Ghost is a Lie
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Ian (Jake Raymond), Sarah (Christina Aceto) and Hope (Lindsay Smith)
travel deep into the Canadian countryside to make a horror film with
filmmaker Corey (Colin Price) and horror icons Ben (Rich Piatkowski) and
Becky (Christina Schimmel) - but the production is under no good star from
the start, like when producer Meg (Alex Graham) cuts the budget in half
before as much as a scene is even shot. Budgetary constraints of course
eventually mean that the cast and crew has to camp out in tents during the
shoot, and there aren't any bathrooms around. Everybody tries to keep
their spirits high, but it gets harder and harder. And the fact that Ian
is in everybody's face with his camera, being the self-appointed BTS
cameraman, doesn't really help the already strained atmosphere either. And
then, while Corey, Hope and Sarah are away from the base filming a stunt,
everybody else is butchered, and when they return they're quick to realize
they're probably next on the killer's kill list ...
To say that I'm not the biggest fan of the found footage
approach to filmmaking would be a sort of understatement - and yet this
film comes across as rather charming, at the beginning looking exactly
what it's supposed to be, random behind-the-scenes footage of a cheap
horror film, and the whole thing is peppered with plenty of in-jokes
everybody who has ever been on a low budget filmset or even is into low
budget horror will almost surely get. And the awkwardness of the situation
sure helps to build up tension - that really explodes when the horror
aspect of the film takes over. And while, sure, there's a little too much
shaky camerawork in this one - always a weak point of found footage
horrors - but the shole thing is conceived and edited well enough to
create some real suspense as well, ultimately making for a pretty good
horror experience.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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