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Simply A Masterpiece

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Blistering performances.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

This movie was well-made, and the acting was technically good, but I had a hard time connecting to the male lead. I didn't care enough about his character to be riveted to his story. I liked the creepy macabre flashes throughout, and the storyline had promise, but I found myself a little bored and watching the clock for most of the movie. However, in the league of indie horror movies, this one was better than a lot of them, and I can see why it got so many positive reviews.

After reading description on IMDb before watching this flick, thought like its kind of haunted house or another sinister like movie & i guess i was right...But if you using already used concept in your current movie, then you should be able to give something more interesting to audiences than its original version. Fortunately director & script writer tried to do so but unfortunately as end product the film wasn't that effective.Movie is horror thriller but apart from some good jump scares, it doesn't gives you much more as movie to remember. Thriller & Fear element is badly missing.Off course you can watch this movie, but even if you don't watch, you are not going to miss anything important...

The story is a strong, emotional character study that plays out in a melancholy way with moments of tense, chilling energy that seems to ripple through this creative nightmare. "The Canal" blends the concepts of cursed property, tragic lives, and horrendous past in a way that keeps you guessing. Well actually you start guessing midway through the film when suddenly more possible scenarios comes to light. It is still heavy with the paranormal, and keeps with a darker, more sinister tone. The acting is superb and the characters are so developed that you begin to feel for them - I was completely invested. Ivan Kavanagh as created a psychological labyrinth of horror, and tragedy that hooks you from the beginning, drags you through intense melodrama and confusion, then hits with some truly disturbing imagery and finality. The special effects are so well done that you feel the moments of horror as readily as the characters do. There is a few moments when the paranormal trickery isn't quite as effective as most of the stuff in "The Canal" is, but in a market drowning in netherworld nightmares it is hard to make every paranormal gimmick hit home with the audience. The ghost-y stuff is surreal and chilling. True some of it has been seen before but the characters her help to really sell even the basic of effects. The soundtrack is filled with sorrow-filled instrumental music that is full of dread and despair and emotion. The ending is a bit cheesy and not very original. But it creates that moment of finality that actually brings the story out of the whole "guessing game" of "is he? or isn't he?" which takes over in the middle of "The Canal". I really enjoyed this film, it is dark, disturbing and entertaining.

I found the lead in to the characters started not badly but then jumps 3 or 4 years (them being in the house the whole time) little indication of anything weird about the house or main character until the fateful night of the wife's death. The events of the night make very little sense in the context of the lead in ... no indication of intoxication but then its like he's on an acid trip ... make no sense at all without a proper lead in. I'm voting bad writing / screen play at this point and am hesitant to watch the rest of the movie.I sit back after getting some ice cream hoping to see it get better.It does improve to suspenseful moments and some shocking bits with obnoxiously loud sound effects and some very hard to hear dialog all the way to a bit of a lame ending.