Platypuschow After the popularity of the Paranormal Activity franchise many companies decided to cash in and make their own similar micro budget movies of the same genre. One company made 9 movies under the franchise name of Paranormal Investigations, this is one of them.Filmed for an estimated $5000 budget this follows a group of reality TV show participants spending 7 nights in an abandoned asylum in order to win $1 million! As with every other one of the Paranormal Investigations movies I've seen it's shoddily made with very little actually happening and a whole lot of shaky camera work & senseless screaming.To it's credit near the end 7 Nights Of Darkness does manage to get under the viewers skin a bit, but it's simply too late.Another incredibly boring 90 minutes of lifeless ghost genre "Action"The Good: Couple of creepy moments near the end The Bad: The abandoned asylum thing has gotten really old now Scene separators are annoyingThings I Learnt From This Movie: Mens lavatories are notoriously haunted Buckets are scary Threatening to sexually molest an unconscious restrained woman is totally an okay thing to do

pentacrit I watch a lot of horror movies. A LOT. Like, 3-4 every week. In fact, I often stream ones publicly available and watch them over the internet with my friends. Yesterday I watched this movie with my friends. We went into it knowing the budget and knowing the IMDb score was very poor. We were absolutely blown away and super impressed by the quality presented in the acting and the effects. This movie has gotten a lot of hate for various reasons. The trailer was absolutely terrible, and apparently consulting the forums the makers were suspect of using sockpuppet accounts to upvote this film.This movie DESERVES good ratings though. We watched several movies after this that had budgets of $1 million+ and at the end of the night, we all agreed that this film blew the rest away. There's a absolutely terrific buildup and a great payoff to a lot of the scares in this movie. Things I like about this movie:Seems VERY real compared to most found footage films. Characters are VERY believable, fantastic and underrated actors combined with subtle effects (that are impressive in hindsight) make this seem real. Several chat members watching this movie with me that joined in late asked if this was real.Uses tropes, but uses tropes incredibly well. Mr. Kellogg absolutely did his research before making this movie. It has several themes present in Blair Witch and other "found footage" movies. However, it takes the formula and polishes it very well. There is a great buildup and arc to the story, and the few things that could be considered jumpscares in this movie have a buildup of their very own and you know they are coming. Surprisingly disturbing and unsettling imagery. This movie, especially during the climax, is FANTASTIC. The scene of the ghost running down the hall near the end genuinely made me uncomfortable and I loved it. Whoever did the effects for this movie deserves praise. What they did on a $5000 budget is nothing short of a honest to god miracle.Satisfying ending. I wont spoil it, because this movie deserves to be watched.What I don't like: A LOT of screaming, sometimes borderline annoying. Although this in itself made the situations seem more real and believable, one female actor specifically had a very loud and pronounced scream, and due to her frequent screaming my stream chat was being spammed by "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" and emotes during many scenes where she was yelling. Yes, it was so bad it became a f***ing meme.The camera was very shaky at times and made it hard to appreciate what was going on. Again, this made it seem more real, but at the same time it made it hard to be spooked when you had to squint through camera shaking to see the ghosts. There was a lot of "What the f*** was that" in chat during these scenes, not due to fear but due to genuine confusion due to how hard it was to see during these segments.One of the female actors was genuinely annoying as a character. Again, she acted very well (all the actors were great at their worst), but she was just annoying, especially once the ghost possession happens to another female character. (Sorry for vague wording but i'm doing my best to spoil this as little as possible).This is an insanely ambitious and well made movie, but I feel like people aren't giving it a chance due to how, well, REAL it looks. There are a lot of surface level imperfections in regards to it being a film, but thats why its so good. It seems REAL. It doesn't seem like characters reading off a script, it seems like a genuine situation where the camera-work is sometimes very shoddy and the characters have overlapping personalities (Like in real life, where everyone isn't forced into a role). I applaud Mr. Kellogg, and I cant wait to see more from him. This movie single- handedly restored my faith in indie-horror.I have visited IMDb for several years, but this movie is the reason I finally made an account. Do yourself a favor and watch this movie.

Texaschamelion just me I actually got this movie in one of those bins of $5 movies...it is in one of those "tons of movies collection" things. Sometimes you get lucky on these kinds of buys and this is one of them. I like the style they used with this pov movie. I'm not easily creeped out by any means..... however this one made me jump a couple of times....big achievement! The acting is realistic for the most part and a good range of believable characters. It's an interesting concept and keeps you paying attention for what comes next with very little if any down time...this I like very much! Granted there are a few improvements that could have been added in like maybe a little history about the asylum or the reason the challenge was set up by the host. Other than that it was quite enjoyable and if I find an individual DVD of it I will grab it for sure!!

Woodyanders Six reality TV show contestants spend seven nights in an old abandoned asylum that's reputed to be haunted. Writer/director Allen Kellogg does a bang-up job with the familiar found footage premise: The characters are all believable and interesting, the real-life shut down sanitarium location radiates an authentically eerie and unsettling vibe, and the creepy atmosphere becomes more increasingly tense and unnerving as the narrative unfolds towards an absolutely terrifying conclusion. Moreover, Kellogg warrants extra kudos for not only eschewing gore in favor of mood, but also for maintaining a grimly serious no-kidding tone throughout. The convincing naturalistic acting by the able non-star cast rates as another major asset, with especially commendable work from Kellogg as the desperate Carter, Jennifer Hoffman as the knowledgeable Lina, Meredith Kochan as the perky Brooke, Larry Nehring as the jittery John, and Andrew Richardson as the jerky Randy. Coleen Moskowitz's rough hand-held cinematography gives the picture a credible and compelling immediacy. The absence of any music and expert use of ambient sound further enhance this movie's overall chilling impact. Proof positive that one doesn't need a big budget to make a damn scary and effective fright feature.