Review of Ghost of Goodnight Lane (2014) by Kenta U — 24 Sep 2015

Alright, this was not a great movie. I do however think that people are being unfair when they say that it's the acting that's bad. I thought the majority of the primary actors delivered their lines just fine.

Note I did say "primary" actors...the film did have it's share of bad acting too. Lacey Chalbert did what she could with a fairly lackluster role, and Billy Zane was hilarious...in fact if there was any criticism to be made on his "acting" it was that he was too funny.

He maintained the same disinterested and aloof sarcasm, regardless of the death count or truly threatening nature of the events. That's not the actor's fault...that's the directors inability to reel him in.

It's a script issue, not an actor issue. I liked the hook at the end (the big reveal) but I feel like it was wasted since there was nothing to back it up. All in all, what this film suffers from is a horrible lack of originality.

The material is made up entirely of jaded tropes, offering absolutely no scenes we haven't already seen in a better film: The ghost in the bathtub scene, the stop-go motion wet haired ghost girl, ala "The ring", creepy kids laughing offscreen, the wind up music box with creepy lullaby, creepy porcelain dolls, and of course ghost's who have nothing better to do with their time than moving furniture for no reason what so ever, until the end of the film where they grow tired of moving furniture and end up killing everyone.

I could watch it again to listen to Zane make fun of people if I were bored enough.