Centers on a group of friends who risk their lives to stop who, or what, is behind a rash of disappearances in their town.Centers on a group of friends who risk their lives to stop who, or what, is behind a rash of disappearances in their town.Centers on a group of friends who risk their lives to stop who, or what, is behind a rash of disappearances in their town.
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Sean Paul Braud
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Steve Alderfer
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- TriviaThere is a poster on the wall of Timmy's room for "The Rising," which is another book written by Brian Keene.
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Stephen King wannabe that almost succeeds
Three kids - Timmy (Nolan Gould), Doug (Jacob Bila), and Barry (Trevor Harker) - are looking to spend the summer of '84 just having fun in their hidden fort. But a series of murders has them soon investigating the town's legend of the Ghoul, a monster that allegedly lives in the abandoned mine shafts. OOF! I copied a couple of original movies off of Chiller a few years back (this and The Monkey's Paw) and finally decided to give this one a spin. Based on the novel by Brian Keene, it is rough going and that is kind of surprising as director Gregory Wilson had previously made the disturbing-but-effective The Girl Next Door (2007). I haven't read any Keene but I think it is suffice to say he worships at the altar of Stephen King (for this book at least). It is almost like he is checking off a list of King themes like bullies, child abuse, childhood trauma, coming of age summers, family deaths, and "humans are the real monsters" moments. It might have worked in book form, but the adaptation is really bad here and some of the dialogue was cringe worthy. The film is ultimately sunk, however, by the terrible kid actors. Kid acting is one of filmdom's most precarious high wire acts. If done right, they can be amazing (see The Babadook). If done wrong, it can be disastrous (see, well, Ghoul). My friend said it best in that if you close your eyes while they are talking, it just sounds like some kids coldly reading the lines off a script they've just been handed.
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- udar55
- Oct 7, 2023
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- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1
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