gavin6942 Danielle (Alanna Chisholm), a young psychology student, is trying to rebuild her life when she sublets a century-old Victorian house. Unknowingly, she awakens an evil specter lurking in the dark recesses of her new home.From director Brett Sullivan ("Ginger Snaps II") and distributed by the now-defunct Alliance Atlantis, this is a relatively low-key film that does not command one's attention. Indeed, it is subtle, and really only exists to showcase the so-called "panic chair" (which only shows up later on).There is some interesting back story about a mesmerist, a child killer and a professor, but it is all sort of strange. May be brilliant or awful, just too hard to say.

The_Dead_See At the 30 minute point of The Chair, I was truly getting enjoyably creeped out. It was relatively standard "strange phenomena in creepy old house" fare, but it was done with just the right combination of discomforting lighting and sound to get under my skin. The lead actress was extremely appealing too, both easy on the eyes and approaching her character from a refreshingly intelligent standpoint. The quote on the case that led me to rent it said something along the lines of "achieves the same atmosphere as the Changeling or Amityville"... and for those first 30 minutes or so, it really did. There's one scene with a chair in a hallway that is frankly terrifying.But then a possession-style plot kicked in which, while still fairly entertaining, was nowhere near as powerful as the opening. The final half of the movie fell into a more mundane indie movie style, lost almost all of its creepiness, and sadly got a little unbelievable too. If the director had had the restraint to follow the tone of the first half through to the end it could have been a masterpiece in the haunted house genre. As it stands it's just another indie - far above average at first, then just average after that...

joemamaohio A movie about a young girl with some demons in her past moves into an old house that's haunted by the spirit of a man who was 'mesermized' to death by a famous mesmertist.That's the basic premise of this movie. While it's not the worst B-rated flick I've seen, it's not the best. The acting is palpable, the camera angles and effects they used were slightly above-par, but there was just that little 'umph' that was missing. It was creepy enough, but you didn't really feel for the characters like you should've. And the ending was extremely predictable.Still, though, not too bad.

burnsker I liked this movie A LOT. It is so different than what I'm used to. I'm used to people dying in interesting ways every 30 seconds, but in this film, nothing really happens (killing-wise) in the first 2/3 of it. Its just building up tension and interesting situations. This is great and necessary for this thing to be believable and touching. When I watched it, the director was there which was GREAT because I got to hear what he thought of it and ask him my questions (I am a youngun who is ALWAYS full of questions). One thing that I always hated about horror movies is that they go to a house and its haunted and weird crap happens. And its just like "... GET OUF OF THE HOUSE! MOVE!" But they made the character a psychology major and someone is is incredibly interested in this sort of thing. Also, she is mentally ill, so there are several reasons for her to decide to not leave like a regular person. And then one thing I LOVE about this movie, but maybe I am a pervert, is the sexual undertone. I think even if you are not paying attention, you can FEEL it, unknowingly, and it just makes everything seem so juicy and personal.**SpoileR** So, I liked this horror movie a lot. I mean, its not perfect... there was a scene where the guy was digging up a body of someone named Crow with a crow bar and it was a desperate situation and he said "A crowbar for Crow" and it made me LAUGH. And I think that was Brett's intention, but still dude! Haha!And he was really pleased with our reactions to the wind up flashlight. I personally LOVED it. It was the eerie sound which just added to the feeling and the frustration of the flash light adding to the tension. You're just like "God, the damn flashlight!" hahaha