Review of The Haunting of Helena (2013) by Benjamin M — 11 Jun 2014

Ok, here is the biggest problem with this movie and it is a tough one to overcome, the acting is fricking horrible, everyone in this movie should probably really stop acting and find some other job that they might be good at.

It is horrendous and after a bit it becomes painful, especially the little girl who plays Helena, and I really hate saying anything bad about a child, but damn she is really bad at this acting thing and it almost dooms the entire move.

The writers don't do the bad actors any favors by making the characters boring, and either unemotional or overly emotional. But here is the thing the movie does manage to overcome these issues and make a decent movie.

The story comes at you from different ways and changes throughout, the mother-daugther moving into the creepy apartment begining is great, then the movie changes and you have an asylum, you have a story about the tooth fairy for a while, and a story about a serial killer for a while, and all the pieces come together and make a cool ending.

I really wish the acting and character development had been better but even despite that it is still worth a watch.