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Bad Ben
Tom Riley thought he was getting the deal of a lifetime when he bought a house below market value at a Sheriff's sale. He invested every penny he had with the plan of flipping the home for a profit. Once he owned it, however, he noticed strange happenings, all of which were captured on 21 Surveillance Cameras located throughout the home inside and out. At first he thought people were breaking in, but he soon realized he was dealing with something Paranormal.
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The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.
There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
The acting in this movie is really good.
what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
This movie takes advantage of found footage techniques to keep production costs low. I'm normally a fan of this method when done correctly, but this movie gives us unbelievable angles that doesn't have us searching the background. It literally forces our attention to very raw "paranormal" events. Great waste of time, not so much if you're looking for a decent movie.
Nigel is not at all a good director. His acting is at all, just should've had someone else direct. The writing is just "ok". The idea is great for the three films however the acting in the other two are absolutely horrible. I'm guessing they are friends that he owes a favor to. So...... a better writer, a way better director and waaaaaaaay better actors these really would be amazing movies.
Nigel Bach has done the impossible, to produce and star solo in the done to death found footage/haunted house genre and make itit rath enjoyable. As a genre, it won't do what it really should have done a few years ago and vanish, but, Bad Ben perhaps shows that there is still a little steam left in it. Bad Ben looks like it was made on a shoe string, and that is perhaps it's charm, Bach is incredibly likeable in the solo role, and has enough charisma to make the film rather enjoyable. Not bad at all. 6/10
Given that BAD BEN is nothing more than an indie riff on PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, I thought it was pretty decent given the limited budget and funds available for shooting. The story is the usual one about a guy living in a haunted house who sets up surveillance cameras everywhere in a bid to capture unexplained events on film. Nothing much happens here, except for the guy having minor breakdowns and the occasional door creaking, and it's all laughably mundane, but somehow it kept me mildly amused throughout.
