reeves2002 I wasn't sure about this low budget horror movie for the longest time because I have to admit I didn't like the DVD cover art on it.It makes the movie look cheap and b-rated. I like the movie's alternate title called trespassing which is what they all did. I was surprised to learn I actually liked the movie and found it to be chilling and interesting.The opening scene reminded me a lot of the opening of a movie called hatred of a minute which was also about a boy being physically abused and then grows up to be a monster. And then it's 20 years later and we meet the rest of the cast.After all the humor and some lame dialog happens, 2 brothers and 3 friends go up to investigate an area that was rumored to be haunted and cursed after many tragic occurrences took place over the years.It was as soon as they entered the house that the movie got eerie and started to get frightening. It is an effective ghost story with lots of tension and a creepy soundtrack.I was watching this movie late at night all alone so I guess it may have had an effect on me, and either my mind was playing tricks on me or there was a presence in my apartment. For an independent and low budget film it did seem like one of the better ones.

slayrrr666 "Evil Remains" is a mediocre slasher film.**SPOILERS**Twenty years after a massacre, a haunted plantation has become a figure in New Orleans urban mythology. Psychology student Mark, (Daniel Gillies) and friends Tyler, (Clayne Crawford) Eric, (Jeff Bryan Davis) Kristy Goodman, (Estella Warren) and Sharon, (Ashley Scott) are anxious to know the truth behind the legend, and decide to investigate the truth behind it. As the surroundings start to take their toll on the group and the house begins to creep them out, they start to fall prey to a mysterious killer. Deciding that escape is better, the remaining friends try to leave the house alive.The Good News: There is some rather decent moments in here. There are some scenes in here that are quite inventive and very well-constructed. The attic sequence is especially nice, as a series of unknown banging upstairs, and upon ascending into the dusty, lowly-lit attic and discover the eviscerated corpse of one of their friends. Moments later, one of them is killed by a booby trap and stumbles into a wall and nails themselves in the head. The deaths themselves aren't half bad and do have some nice gore to them. One is killed with hedge-clippers to the head, another has their throat slit, there's a violent impaling and another is run over by a truck, leaving this satisfactory in the gore factor. There's also some very long and quite exhilarating chase scenes in here that are a joy to watch, and elevate this one a little further. It's not that bad.The Bad News: This had a lot of potential to be good, and when it's on it's great, but when it's not, there's a lot to dislike here. The main reason for this is that it's one of the talkier slashers ever. The film seems determined to spend all of its time with actors sitting around, standing around, or driving around chatting aimlessly about random subjects. Nearly everything significant that happens in here is repeatedly and endlessly talked about in here. After seeing a similar scene for the fifth consecutive scene, it begins to wear on and it doesn't stop. That is what harms the movie the most, with nearly the first hour of the film covered by this type of action. You can tell that the plot wants to go more into the horror territory every now and then, but it's stuck in the cyclical exposition until the end, making it a slow film to get through.The Final Verdict: With some great moments spread throughout that make it an entertaining film, but it's ultimately hurt by the fact that nearly everything is talked to death in the film. It's not that bad of a film, so if it sounds like fun, give it a shot. You could do a lot worse than this one.Rated R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language

mrwullie Strap a handycam to the back of a frightened squirrel an set it loose in a darkened house populated by amateur theater guild actors, speaking dialog written by a 12 year-old, and the result is... this movie. Yup - the "aim the movie at the lowest common denominator" formula is still alive and well. I grew tired of the deliberate camera shaking, extreme closeups that left you wondering what the hell you were looking at, and a plot that's been done too many times to be remotely entertaining. The only thing that scared me about this movie is the fact that someone somewhere actually thought it was good enough to invest in and release. Scarier still, is the fact that people actually paid money to watch it (I saw it on cable, by the way). Overall, I'd say this qualified as mindless drivel - but then, does that even matter these days?

Pop Calin "Trespassing" will satisfy you if you like horror movies in general, but not if you are a truly horror fan. We already seen movies with the same idea in general like Haute Tension for example which is a bit better than this. But I liked this one and I enjoyed it. It has his strenghts alright but it's not much actually. Well... It is scary sometimes, it's not boring but it's not original. It could have been a total failure but the actors save it. And they do it well. It looks like "Halloween Resurrection" sometimes but I don't know if that's good or bad. "Trespassing" has a lot of action and you may like it as I did. In fact, what else can you expect from a straight-to-video movie? I can say that I recommend it: you may see this sometime just for having a piece of fun!7/10