I wanted to love this movie because of the name alone, but no matter what this film is called, it was a disappointing let down. The film is about five friends who who seek out various carnival style haunted houses that are set up and operated around Halloween, hoping to find something truly exceptional and scary. I like this idea and I believe that the movie would have worked if it wasn't presented in a POV, "found footage" perspective. The scenes in the traditional "haunted houses", also known as haunts, are fine but the real scares that could have taken place in the big climax are lost and wasted in a mix of cut scenes that are too dark and chaotic to process Asa viewer.
There are a few creepy scenes that work well that take place in the middle of the film. But before these happen, we are treated to watching a group of friends who have a genuine chemistry. The actors almost avoid the cookie cutter stereotypes so their characters come across as real and relatable. The same can not be said about the film's antagonists who are nothing more than the quiet, menacing type of faceless creepers that have been seen in countless horror movies already.
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