jackstupidjack Review of Haunting of Cellblock 11

Haunting of Cellblock 11 (2014)

Very good indeed. Above average Found Footage horror.

[7/10 · 28 January 2015]

When I first saw the title I thought 'Oh No, not another Found Footage film set in an abandoned Prison/Hospital/Looney Bin". I was pleasantly surprised in the first five minutes by the decent acting first up, then by the lack of cheese. The film is well paced without overdoing some of the hackneyed devices too common in Found Footage films such as Lewton Buses, overly shaky footage, blurred images of apparitions as the camera equipment plays up etc. The scares are genuine too. A real 'lights off on the sofa with the wife' film. A very good effort indeed capped by a superbly entertaining cameo by Dee Wallace (the mother in ET) as a foul mouthed TV executive. Well worth a watch for my money. You could do a lot worse. The Asylum et al could learn a thing or two from the makers of this little gem, namely employ some real actors every now and again