apartment 143
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instead, apartment 143 is worth a single viewing, but hardly a triumph or high water mark of the form .
trying to overthink a ghost story, apartment 143 goes from appealing to ridiculous in a hurry, saved slightly by a handful of good frights .
as cinematic real estate, apartment 143 is worth a quick tour, to be certain, but the ending could have used some real sprucing up .
in apartment 143, a cameraman, paul (rick gonzalez), a professor, dr. helzer (o’keefe) and a “gate keeper” (secretary) named ellen (fiona glascott) visit the deeply - troubled white family, now living in an urban apartment building .
but irrevocably, apartment 143 pulls a paranormal activity and supplies the audience a valedictory, declarative, unnecessary image that not only undercuts the film’s narrative and thematic point, but actually contradicts it .
leider nichts neues aus der sparte „found footage“. im gruseligen und spuk - intensiven „apartment“ 143 geht zwar gehörig die post ab, aber so wirklich neu, oder innovativ gestaltet sich das leider gottes nicht .
a team of parapsychologists try to figure out a strange phenomenon occurring in an apartment building .
i rarely do this as a movie review, but i’m trying to come to terms with what apartment 143 / emergo was actually about and therefore need to write this like everyone has already seen the movie as well. that’s why i labeled this review as containing spoilers. if you haven’t seen apartment 143 / emergo and want to be surprised when you do, this is an appropriate place to stop reading. you have been warned !
apartment 143 / emergo is a spanish movie (hence emergo) but everyone speaks english. for that reason, it will be referred to as apartment 143 from this point on. the subgenre is thoroughly confusing because what the psychologist investigator says is happening would make this a psychological thriller but what viewers see would make this a supernatural demonic possession movie. this is the key reason i didn’t understand this movie, and i will explain in depth on that later .
there’s nothing particularly original or ambitious about the set - up or these character profiles, but i was heartily encouraged that, in broad strokes, apartment 143 attempts to portray accurately a seldom seen, seldom - explored aspect of parapsychological literature .
a parapsychologist team are asked to investigate apartment 143. the white family, who have lost their wife / mother in a car crash, have been experiencing strange things since they moved in to the apartment. but, they were also experiencing things at their old place. after the team set up their equipment, they get some compelling evidence on camera .
[ … ] murphy really gave it his all. i also poked around a bit and found that rodrigo cortes also did apartment 143, which you’ll recall i enjoyed as well. hopefully we will see more of his work in the [ … ]
a team of parapsychologists sets out to investigate a series of anomalous phenomena taking place in a newly occupied apartment .
and then along comes apartment 143’s last shot - - aping paranormal activity’s disqualifying and ridiculous demon close - up - - to make total mincemeat of all the film’s good, dedicated work. i suppose the reckoning was that the film needed a final “scare” or “jolt”
it took me a couple of days to sit down to write a review for the new to vod release ‘apartment 143. ’ when this happens it usually means one of two things: either the movie was so fucked up that it took me a couple of days to wrap my rather simple brain around what i just saw, or, the film is so uninspired that it just really leaves me with no desire to sit down an invest the time in writing a halfway decent review. unfortunately for ‘apartment 143’ it’s the second scenario that’s in play here .
regardless, i was pleased to see apartment 143 begin as a kind of “haunting” or “possession” film and then veer into the poltergeist theory of paranormal activity. i felt that such a distinct choice could distinguish the film in terms of its brethren (much as insidious utilized astral projection) .
much of the camera work in apartment 143 is actually quite good, especially as it grows increasingly frenetic. the film’s climax is practically insane, at least from a camera standpoint, and even if you don’t necessarily feel scared, you’ll feel excited and a bit rattled by the proceedings .
while some of the lead performances in apartment 143 are pretty weak - - notably that of michael o’keefe as dr. helzer - - the film nonetheless builds up a more - than - adequate head - of - steam in the third act. there’s a strong sense of suspense accelerating and multiplying as the finale nears .
i am an avid horror movie fan. i found apartment 143 to be very disappointing. there was no real plot, the acting was poor, and the footage even worse. this movie left a lot to be desired. besides a few acceptable scenes, i would call this one a total flop. no, i do not recommend it .
there have been so many found footage films produced and released at this point, that you can practically predict the characters and their nature from the first frames of apartment 143. the camera - guy, paul, has the bravado, informality, and sass. the professor has the “belief” and “knowledge, ” and so on. and ellen is the most sincere and straightforward of the bunch .
i passed up apartment 143 a few times in my instant queue. i admit, i judged this book by it’s cover. i thought it looked like some done before possession movie, then i read the synopsis and moved along. this movie would be the first i’m reviewing as suggested by a follower (you can always recommend movies here any time) and my suggestion page promises i will watch it .
late in the film, professor halzer states that “ there is nothing supernatural in the universe because nature can’t transcend itself. ” it’s a good, cerebral line of dialogue, and all through the low - budget apartment 143, you’ll be rooting for the film to transcend the limitations of its format and really go for broke. it actually succeeds, but then grasps for that unnecessary and dumb jolt in the last minute .
the investigators bring in a medium, attempt an interview with the spirit, and launch a painstaking scientific survey of the apartment by utilizing motion sensors, infrared detectors, and flash - bulbs .
in some ways, i suppose stephen king' s carrie is really a story about poltergeist activity, though it isn’t parsed or explained that way, technically. the book and de palma film get right, however, the idea that these frightening pk powers over the environment occur at the same time as the hothouse changes of puberty. there may be even a connection to apartment 143 and carrie. both families involved are named
white .
i leaned back and settled in for some great fan suggested scares, and was crestfallen when i discovered it’s found footage. i want it to stop, but a promise is a promise, and the first guy we meet “paul” was endearing. i kept calm and carried on. apartment 143 is a combination of found footage and surveillance footage. i liken it to paranormal activity if someone also had a handy cam as well as the wall mounted cams .
and, to its credit, apartment 143’s script makes a strong case for poltergeist activity in the white family, given the traumas it has experienced since mrs. white’s death. in other words, the story tracks relatively well, and the poltergeist theory seems valid and legitimate to what we see unfold on on - screen. kai lennox gets a great moment here - - and one sustained for some time – in which he emotionally lays out the family dynamic .
hey guys, just finished watching apartment 143 / emergo and i am a bit confused on the ending. there was a whole implication about the father molesting the daughter but that didn' t go anywhere. the' scientists' at the end also talked about going to the police and i am not quite sure why. also, the last 5 seconds... doesn' t it completely undo all the
there is nothing supernatural going on here
premise of the movie ?
leider nichts neues aus der sparte „found footage“. im gruseligen und spuk - intensiven „apartment“ 143 geht zwar gehörig die post ab, aber so wirklich neu, oder innovativ gestaltet sich das leider gottes nicht. hier wird einmal mehr paranormales mittels hand - und überwachungskameras überprüft, nur mit dem aspekt, dass die gegebenheiten von 3 wissenschaftlern untersucht werden. zu meiner schande muss ich gestehen, dass ich mich als überzeugender „found footage“ - gegner dennoch relativ kurzweilig unterhalten gefühlt habe. einerseits stimmt die technik, denn bildtotal - ausfälle oder überhandnehmendes kameragewackel treten hier nicht auf. aber auch die gewisse ernsthaftigkeit mit der die geschichte erzählt und untersucht wird hat seinen reiz. bis kurz vor dem recht versemmelten ende, weiß der zuschauer nicht, ob es sich bei den spuk - vorfällen um wirkliche bösartige präsenzen handelt, oder ob einzig der debile geisteszustand der pubertären protagonistin hierfür verantwortlich gemacht werden muss. „paranormal activity“ - fans dürften sich im „apartment 143“ sofort heimisch fühlen, der rest darf diesen spunkfilm gern meiden! fazit 6 / 10 punkte eine ausführliche review hier: urltoken
paranormal investigator dr. helzer, his assistant (lovingly referred to as “the gatekeeper” by paul) ellen, and their equipment tech / camera man paul are invited to an apartment building by alan white. alan, an unemployed widower, lives in a barely inhabited complex with his four year old son and teenage daughter. they have been experiencing paranormal activity in the apartment, and what’s weirder is that they experienced the same goings on in their old farmhouse before they moved .
the widower alan white invites the parapsychologists dr. helzer, ellen keegan and paul ortega to investigate a supernatural phenomenon in his apartment in an old apartment building. alan in an unemployed agronomist engineer lives with his four year - old son benny and his teenage daughter caitlin, who blames her father for the death of her mother cynthia in a car crash. after witnessing weird events, dr. helzer and his team find the cause of the activities... or not ?
franchise, perhaps even punchier, yet carles torrens creates a jarring, infuriating environment that puts one ill at ease for the wrong reasons. emphasizing a brash shock - value style over focusing on the addled people within the apartment' s confines ,
enter out team of paranormal investigators. dr. hazer (micheal o’keefe) is the leader of his small group. he’s joined by ellen (fiona glascott) and paul (rick gonzalez, “spanish” from ‘old school’). paul is the tech guy. ellen is the chick he wants to bang. they enter the house set up their equipment and wait for the inevitable. unlike ‘the innkeepers’, ‘apartment 143’ doesn’t waste time in starting with the jump scares. doors begin to close, loud strange noises start, pictures change position, it’s typical ‘paranormal activity’ scare fare here .
zu meiner schande muss ich gestehen, dass ich mich als überzeugender „found footage“ - gegner dennoch relativ kurzweilig unterhalten gefühlt habe. einerseits stimmt die technik, denn bildtotal - ausfälle oder überhandnehmendes kameragewackel treten hier nicht auf. aber auch die gewisse ernsthaftigkeit mit der die geschichte erzählt und untersucht wird hat seinen reiz. bis kurz vor dem recht versemmelten ende, weiß der zuschauer nicht, ob es sich bei den spuk - vorfällen um wirkliche bösartige präsenzen handelt, oder ob einzig der debile geisteszustand der pubertären protagonistin hierfür verantwortlich gemacht werden muss. „paranormal activity“ - fans dürften sich im „apartment 143“ sofort heimisch fühlen, der rest darf diesen spunkfilm gern meiden !
family thinks there are ghosts in the titular apartment. investigators come. things happen. no ghosts in the apartment. teenage girl is schizophrenic and a poltergeist somehow, maybe. not really. since there is a bit of a stinger that completely shoots that down. probably. ugh. the dad is accused of molesting his daughter, but he probably didn' t because he' s a good dad. and the daughter is nasty and a little crazy mean herself. obviously she' s supposed to take after the less - than - perfect mother, who was a bad woman .
the film works as a creepy little ghost story up until this point. the “ghost” is seemingly vanquished but the good doctors explanation is paper thin. the film attempts to be clever. it tries to bring something a different twist to the typical ghost story. unfortunately it doesn’t work. the “original” twist makes absolutely no sense, it’s a shame because up until the last 10 minutes or so of the film, it’s pretty good if not predictable. the “twist” though leaves nothing but a bad taste in your mouth. chalk ‘apartment 143’ up in the same category as ‘hostel iii’ or ‘kill list’ where the twist leaves you scratching your head more than enjoying the film .
i write this assessment with disappointment, because apartment 143 features at least one truly great sequence. about mid - way through the film, the investigators are attempting to determine if there is a presence in the house that shouldn’t be there. they turn off all the lights, and then an oscillating strobe “flashes” in a dark room, panning methodically from one side of the chamber to the other. we watch with anticipation as the pan starts on the left side of the frame, and slowly moves right, light periodically flashing in the blackness. on the soundtrack, we get a kind of clicking or popping sound to accompany the lights. the pan repeats once .
supernatural activity forces a family to leave their house and move to an apartment building - but soon the haunting begins again in their new home. a team of paranormal researchers is called in to document the disturbing events and discover what is causing them. horror, starring francesc garrido and fiona glascott .
apartment 143 gives us a look at a supposedly haunted apartment. the difference here is that the scientific investigators are looking for scientific explanations rather than the supernatural. it' s a neat idea, but leads to some heavy exposition scenes that betray the found - footage set - up. perhaps if these had been explained in talking head interviews it wouldn' t seem so clunky and forced. the film does well to have a little mystery behind it and the cast are generally rather impressive. one of the biggest problems is how quick it wants to start. i don' t find that these films work without a decent amount of build up. here, the camera crew walk in and stuff is happening almost immediately. i also got tired at the scientists continued explanations of stuff when it was clear that some of these things were impossible to explain. some decent effects and genuine scary parts make this a fine effort, but with a bit more time and some better pacing this could have been so much better .
i am as confused as ever by the ending and how it blows the accepted psychological explanation to pieces. i checked imdb’s apartment 143 page to see if anyone else was confused as well. in the forums, many people created more plausible explanations for the supernatural / psychological aspects of the movie than what the movie itself did. the consensus is that it was a haunting after all and the demonic entity was the cause for cynthia and caitlin’s changes. i like this explanation; it proves that science doesn’t solve every problem and we need to be more open to possibilities. i’m no less confused by how these very obvious paranormal situations were written off as mental illness and anger issues. if anyone can explain how the psychological theory posed by dr. helzer makes sense (in context of the movie), i would love to hear it .
apartment 143 begins with a team of parapsychology investigators driving to their assignment. the team banters / insults each other, which is not at all important except that viewers learn that paul is the technology expert, ellen is the “telephone girl” / secretary, and dr. helzer is the parapsychologist (more of a true psychologist, but with some knowledge of the supernatural). the team meets the family, a recently - widowed father of a young boy named benjamin and a thirteen - year - old girl named caitlin. the father, mr. white, thinks they are being followed by a destructive, angry ghost, possibly his dead wife cynthia. the team sets up all sorts of neat environment monitoring equipment and for the weekend the family is under video surveillance. all of that is straightforward, but then explanations of the psychological or supernatural phenomenon get confusing .
was wrong about everything, even though he made a decent case for his theories. it could be the mom' s ghost from beyond causing all of the mischief, but then again, we think it' s the daughter. however it all shakes out in the end, something creepy was going on in that apartment, and it happened for reasons. things happened for reasons !
it' s more concerned with forcing an agitated mood of moving furniture and phantasmagoric discoveries via technology instead of showing how the presence of deep, dark demons afflicts those in the apartment. the danger of the spectral denizen can be felt, sure, and the family' s back story holds superficial interest, but it doesn' t create enough suspension of disbelief to convince those watching that they' re observant flies on the wall .
from the beginning there is evidence of a supernatural entity in the apartment. there is unexplainable tapping, phone calls with nobody on the other end, items being rearranged / destroyed, changes in characters (especially teenage caitlin), physical attacks, video footage being deleted without any of the team members touching the computers or equipment, actual sightings of an entity, possession of caitlin, and near the end, massive poltergeist activity and caitlin levitating at the same time .
dr. helzer has paul install motion tracking cameras and fixed cams in the corners of every room in the house to record everything (paranormal activity style) while paul also wanders around with a handheld camera for mobility, closeups, and interviews with the whites. after the cameras are set up, the activity begins immediately with repeated loud resounding banging noises coming from the abandoned apartment upstairs. paul is sent up to investigate, but we assume nothing turns up, as there is no footage of this .
i will point out that if you enjoy this movie as much as i did, stop the movie after paul and dr. helzer leave the apartment together. trust me, the last 15 seconds suffer from the same problem the first paranormal activity did. it was excellent cinema until the very, very last second when they go for the cheap scare where just leaving it alone would have been more impact - full. just turn it off and savor the movie. do yourself the favor that the movie’s studio couldn’t do .
a team of parapsychologists sets out to investigate a series of anomalous phenomena taking place in a newly occupied apartment. telephone calls with no caller, mysterious shadows, extraordinary light emissions, flying objects, and exploding light bulbs are some of the events they will face while recording their every step with state - of - the - art technology. using infrared filming, digital photography, psychophonic recordings, movement detectors, and magnetic field alteration meters, the group’s attempts to contact the “other side” will grow increasingly dangerous as they near a point of no return ...
watch it now: urltoken a team of parapsychologists sets out to investigate a series of anomalous phenomena taking place in a newly occupied apartment. telephone calls with no caller, mysterious shadows, extraordinary light emissions, flying objects, and exploding light bulbs, are some of the events they will face while recording their every step with state - of - the - art technology. using infra - red filming, digital photography, psychophonic recordings, movement detectors, and magnetic field alteration meters, the group' s attempts to contact the
other side
will grow increasingly dangerous as they near a point of no return ...
a team of parapsychologists sets out to investigate a series of anomalous phenomena taking place in a newly occupied apartment. telephone calls with no caller, mysterious shadows, extraordinary light emissions, flying objects, and exploding light bulbs, are some of the events they will face while recording their every step with state - of - the - art technology. using infra - red filming, digital photography, psychophonic recordings, movement detectors, and magnetic field alteration meters, the group' s attempts to contact the
other side
will grow increasingly dangerous as they near a point of no return... - - (c) magnolia
dr. helzer attempts to explain it away with the poltergeist activity being connected to a living person in the apartment turning their pent - up rage into physical, violent actions against themselves and others. he decides that caitlin is the source because a) she was so resentful of her father killing her mother and b) she was showing symptoms of schizophrenia. about thirty minutes before the end of the movie, viewers learn that the white family had a police file on them the night cynthia white was beat up by her husband and died chasing after them in her car. her death was presumably accidental but dr. helzer (after accessing the file) believed mr. white was not blameless and cynthia had the same disorder as caitlin was exhibiting. viewers are thus expected to believe that the “haunting” and the poltergeist activity was not at all supernatural .
so, a trio of eccentric parapsychologists - - trust me, elaborating further than that really isn' t that necessary - - answer an inquiry to inspect the home of a single father of two, a place riddled with ceiling thuds, rattling pictures, and flickering lights. the unusual thing is that the activity isn' t limited to just this apartment; the previous place where the family lived exhibited the same
symptoms
, as if it traveled with them. after a few up - close experiences with the unexplained force, one that' s not really shy or discrete about its presence, the team throws the paranormal / parapsychology kitchen sink at it - - devices, mediums, seances, the works - - to try and drive out whatever darkness this is that surrounds the family. but, as to be expected, we don' t really have the full picture of the family' s tumultuous history, where a strung - out father and a flagrant, rebellious daughter seem to be guarding a closet with more than a few skeletons .
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. while praise dogpiled on the true - to - life story of a nature trekker trapped in a canyon, cortes' exercise in breathless claustrophobia proved that he - - armed with the right performances, cinematography, and lighting - - could generate a lot of tension with limited space and resources. the regrettable truth about
), an infusion of the found footage and haunted house corners of the horror genre, is that cortes limits himself to the writer' s chair for this project, relinquishing the helm to carles torrens. in place of resourceful anxiety, the material scrapes together into little more than a muddy
knockoff with an abrasive attitude and chaotic visuals, where under torrens' direction it induces headaches long before it scares up haunting tension .
: it' s steeped in genre tropes and familiarities, but intuitive enough with the family turmoil angle to carve its own path. better direction and a tighter grasp on getting genuine performances could' ve made this a credible contemporary to the
a lot of that is due to the maddening visual perspective. director torrens works to distinguish
, and towards a mosaic of footage types; cameras of varying analog and digital quality mix with night - vision shots and fish - eyed surveillance monitoring, at times strapped onto the sides of the characters' heads. instead of departing from the norm into something innovative, the spastic shifts in quality - - as well as the profuse, gritty shakes during high - action scenes - - simply try too damn hard without paying mind to sustaining a persuasive ambience. admittedly, there are some sharp tricks at its disposal, such as an eerie hallway sequence involving grainy surveillance footage and a swath of motion sensors, but they' re countered with either nauseating shaky - cam excess or trite infrared jump - scares. it everything we' ve seen before, only trite, loud and much more spastic .
does expand on its meager sinister purposes, though, blustering through eighty minutes of escalating paranormal tension that' s punctuated by the family' s haunting past - - and that meager foundation pushes it towards a chaotic climax of spectral fury and traumatic plot revelations. yet, aside from a few jolts and dim spectral exhibitions, there' s simply not a lot to the parapsychological machinations that' ll get the skin crawling or teeth chattering; and no, loud noises, levitating bodies, a few white eyes and distorted voices aren' t enough when they' re mundanely tossed between half - baked characters and a tedious environment. and i don' t consider that to be the fault of rodrigo cortes, really: underneath the routine paranormal faux - documentary tropes, there' s a suitable range of dialogue and an eerie disposition built around the family' s tumultuous past and uncertain future .
needed far more subtlety, room for the moody essence of the found footage genre to do something singular .
' s blu - ray transfer. it' s a mix of 1. 85: 1 and 1. 33: 1 footage; some of it is grainy, some of it is high - contrast, and some of it exhibits heavy pixilation, distortion, and muddled detail around contours. however, all of that plays into the erratic visual temperament that the film sets out to achieve, a mix of different mediums in an edited - together patchwork of material to create a mosaic of the events. i could comment on the heaviness of the grain in darker sequences, the jaggedness around characters, and the oppressive white bloom in lighter shots, but much of it factors into the look it' s going for. the 24p frame movement seems on point, though, and you' ll find a handful of shots that express suitable hd robustness (those framed at 1. 85: 1). it' s the way the film' s supposed to look, and the blu - ray achieves the experience .
it' s a little easier to develop some impressions on the sonic side of things, since this english 5 - channel master audio track nails a few sharp instances of bass usage and dimensionality. most notable are the thuds and crashes that occur in other rooms, which the lower - frequency and higher - end sides of the surround design create a fine, robust stage to get wrapped up in. but, again, there' s more than a substantial amount of material that' s distorted because of the found - footage aesthetic: muffled dialogue, thin atmosphere, blips and grating sounds get the aesthetic point across, yet they' re not really much to absorb in term of hd interest. it' s fine, and it matches the visual temperament as expected. english and spanish subs can be played with the sole master audio track .
the job of any decent making - of video is to make the audience really appreciate the technique and skill implemented in specific parts of the film, and this featurette mostly accomplishes that. interviews with carles torrens, rodrigo cortes, and the other cast and crew hit on points in the production, from how they see the visual temperament as unique from the rest of the genre to the
voyeuristic
approach to following the characters and activities in the picture. you' ll get plenty of behind - the - scenes shots, though they' re largely what you' d expect on a low - budget, one - room set .
( 5: 02, sd). finally, we' ve got a theatrical trailer (2: 22, hd) .
to be a tedious, stale case of genre necromancy. it' s pretty much everything you' ve seen before :
pragmatic
camera footage, family issues, and a slow simmer to a bold climax within the space of a single, chaotic setting. what it' s missing is the the authenticity and the scares to bolster rodrigo cortes' decently - written paranormal script, which largely hinges on an overestimation of the thrill - value and a lack of concentration on giving the characters more than cursory depth. some genre fans might find it watchable enough for a rental, but it' ll simply be something to pile on top of the other meandering genre entries out there .
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this movie, though very predictable, definitely had its moments of terror. the build - up before the moments that made you jump were great, and although i was fully anticipating what was to come i still jumped several times. the plot was decent and i appreciated how the characters were written. the acting was surprisingly good for a low - budget film, i was definitely impressed by that. the apex of the film was very intense and dramatic, if slightly cheesy. the only thing that really bothered me was the very, very cliché ending. i felt as though i' ve seen that very ending 10 other times in various other movies, it has been so over - done that it will ruin an entire movie for me. but other than the very end, i was pleasantly surprised by this movie and would definitely recommend it !
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emergo is a refreshingly smart and well - controlled film, with its found footage technique being used to enhance the story, rather than being its crutch .
one of the more disposable found - footage efforts as of late ...
the mpaa rating more than sums up the movie: rated
r
for language and some terror. not enough terror in my book .
we are knee - deep in the lazy side of the found footage pool .
like all the other found - footage films, this had some pretty good scares... including some minor flaws. but it was very entertaining from start to finish .
my name is alan white, i' m a widower... i guess ?
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kinda ran out of steam, and then reverted to type and cliches ...
warning - this review may contain spoilers... pretty good all in all, but kind of loses steam after the medium / sensitive scene and subsequent transposition / possession... started out very creepy, but as the movie progressed it began to fall back on every cliche of the
paranormal documentary
genre, up to and including the final scene... too bad, because it was a solid effort otherwise. it almost seemed that they ran out of script so they hammered a bunch of unnecessary crap into the movie to make length... alas, as it showed such potential ...
slightly more
activity
of the
paranormal
kind. same basic notion ...
great story, but over exaggerated camera shaking made this one lose a star .
this was a good horror movie, but the incredibly annoying attempt to make the thing feel like
a real event
by exaggerating jerky camera movements constantly made it physically exhausting to watch. too many movies are using this lame technique nowadays. if it' s done well, it' s not that big a deal. but when done badly, as is the case with this movie, it ruins the experience. the jerky camera movements were artificial and out of context with reality .
very typical. very predictable. other reviewers have commented of the quality acting, but i didn' t see it. the actors / actresses weren' t bad, they just weren' t good. i roll my eyes at cheesy jump - scares, but a few of these would have improved the film. i gave this film a second star because it was not a terrible film, it just failed to be a good one. the story was one that has been told many times before and i imagine many people could figure it out in the first few minutes. the handheld camera, low - budget, blair - witch - project format is dull and over - used, and was never very good to begin with. i am trying to remember a part of this movie that was actually mildly frightening, but i' m failing. overall, this was a snoozer and should be passed over in favor of more interesting films .
it was ok. paranormal activity with a possessive, louder, more aggressive, more pissed - off ghost. had it' s sudden fright moments, but you could almost predict what would happen and when. some of the plot and character elements didn' t flow logically, so that also drained from the enjoyment. overall, ok, but gave more
that' s ridiculous
chuckles than frights .
wow. what can i say except that this movie kept me riveted. i enjoyed the story this flick presented and i liked the execution as well. at times, yes, it did seem to stall a bit, but the creepy elements more than made up for it. i' ll have to keep my eye out for this one on dvd to add to my collection .
hilariously and ridiculously similar to
paranormal activities
and quite unamusing. not scary whatsoever, without a very good plot, or introduction to characters. their dog apparently does not have a name and doesn' t show up until halfway through the movie, and the whole movie takes place inside the house. don' t waste your time with this film .
i thought this movie was very interesting. i' ve never heard of poltergeist activity told from this angle before. i love found footage and b movies and this was interesting .
starts out well enough, then halfway through when the people filming see a freaking ghost they call it schizophrenia .
this has to be the stupidest, most cliched low budget piece of garbage i have ever seen. bad acting, bad story, bad direction, bad effects. what a waste of my time .
awesome movie, definitely scary. wish i could find more ff movies like this .
it' ll stick with you for a few nights, but i wish they' d actually agreed on one solid ending .
this movie is a slow burn that employs the proper frights just as effectively. the problem really lies in the film' s first
conclusion ,
then the second, and, sadly, ...
reviews for this movie are all over the place. i love horror / sci - fi and consider myself somewhat of a connoisseur .
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but wait, what’s the final scene before the credits? why, it’s a camera the parapsychologist team chooses to leave behind that captures a ceiling - crawling demonic entity! it’s the same entity that was shown on film earlier in the movie when the team thought there may have been paranormal activity and again when it possessed caitlin, warping her body to look evil and wrong .
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during one - on - one interviews with alan and his son benny (the daughter caitlin is in “that stage” of her teens and wants nothing to do with this or her father) we learn that shortly after alan’s wife died, they began to experience strange events like the typewriter going. benny is just adorable on the camera, and alan also reveals that he has no idea what to do with his daughter – she hates him and blames him for her mothers death .
during a routine night of take out and sardine sammiches, the phone rings and no one is there. then the doorbell rings and nobody is there. back to the phone, back to the door and then they are surrounded by the sounds of glasses breaking – but nothing is actually breaking. the phone begins to ring again, and things get nuts once more, and the phone smashed against the ground. the phone is in pieces, yet continues to ring. once things calm down, the team gets to work reviewing their data .
in a camera still, paul and ellen see an image of a woman floating just behind caitlin. could it be the mother? they decide to wait to tell the family tomorrow. as they sleep, the motion cam detects something and tracks all the way to the hallway where we see the motion sensors light up. then in the living room, the laptop lights up. we cut to the next morning and alan is having a fight with caitlin about her being such a bitch, and this fight carries on into breakfast. later, we find all the pictures have been hung upside down, and the lights and television short out. they also find the photo of the woman has been deleted .
paul brings some new equipment, including head mounted cameras, and sets up an experiment with a strobe light and a slowly panning camera – and let me tell you that at this point i am hooked. like, leaning forward in my seat hooked. the story thus far has been interesting, but now the suspense is ramping up, and you all know i’m a suspense junkie. anyways, this sequence was exquisitely tense with a nice payoff. i’m not too sure about how i feel about the rest of the movie, but it’s one that i’d like to leave alone. it’s worth a watch and not a half ass sarcastically explained review read. i think that you should really give it a watch as it introduced some interesting theories about poltergeists and psychokinesis. there’s also a really well done monologue by alan that i found to be extremely gripping .
as a whole, i really enjoyed this movie once i got past my original apprehension of it being found footage. the juxtaposition of curious excitement from ellen and paul against dr. helzer’s aloof yet all - knowing attitude gives off the feeling that he knows something no one else does. also, the results of every experiment they do seems to come as no surprise to him. at first, i thought he was just a douche bag, but the reveal at the end makes a lot of sense .
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just some unanswered questions that i don' t quite understand. thanks for your help !
i honestly think the writers must' ve fought about the ending and couldn' t settle for it. i believe the father was supposed to have molested / raped his daughter and the' haunting' was the manifestation of that internal conflict the daughter felt (on one hand love for her father but on the other hate and disgust for what he did to her). but then, somewhere along the way, someone (the producers? the studio ?) must' ve thought that would be too edgy so they changed it to schizophrenia... i think it' s sad because that would be an interesting angle to the movie and i believe it could' ve taken the movie to a whole other level (having the haunting as a metaphor for how sexual abuse haunts people wherever they go)... instead they chose to perpetuate the stereotype that mental illness is dangerous ...
the last 5 seconds i think were suppose to translate to something like a
the end... ?
. where you had the resolution (there were no spirits there) but then you actually see a spirit which means the scientist' s assessment was wrong... plot twist !
i figured it was a double twist; was all a nightmare? yes, it was. no, it wasn' t. end movie .
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apartment 143 ( original title : emergo ) is a 2012 spanish horror film written by rodrigo cortes and directed by carles torrens . it was released on 4 may 2012 . 
apartment 143 (original title: emergo) is a 2012 spanish horror film written by rodrigo cortes and directed by carles torrens. it was released on 4 may 2012.
apartment 143 (original title: emergo) is a 2012 spanish horror film written by rodrigo cortes and directed by carles torrens. it was released on 4 may 2012.