Dark Feed (2013)

Film set in an old asylum where a low budget horror movie is being filmed. People get killed in gruesome fashion, this movie is pretty gory, but that's it. You could write the plot on the back of a postage stamp. Acting is reasonable, effects are not too bad. I bought this from my local Poundland store so can't really grumble, but I won't be watching it again

A screenwriter visits the set of his horror movie in an abandoned psychiatric hospital, where a dark force begins to create its own drama.Ouch! I gave this a shot because of some good recent IMDb reviews and the writer/directors also wrote The Ward, a passable hospital horror. Problem starts with the screenplay, which trowels on 20 different characters who get lost in a series of choppy, ineffective scenes. Most of the dialogue is pointless, failing to give impetus to the dark force, and the threat is confusingly both internal and external as ghouls creep out of the shadows and the cast goes insane. Plus they chose a really lame protagonist. Total mess and very hard to sit through despite the short run time.On top of that is the damn music. It's mostly simple, eerie strings and plinky piano - but it never turns off. Even when the odd dramatic scene comes along the dialogue gets swamped, and the music completely drains other scenes of their creepiness when silence is needed. Very close to hitting the eject button.Hard to judge the actors, because their characters were so badly drawn - a bunch of squabbling 13 year olds - and their lines were so pointless and lacking in intelligence or information.Camera was also poor. Lots of reflection on the lens and bad lighting of the actors.The story did develop pace in the end, but overall just awful. A much better film in this genre is Grave Encounters.

A film crew has taken over an abandoned psychiatric hospital with a dark past. The crew is filming a low budget film and using the hospital as its set and production headquarters. The story picks up with the screenwriter Chris (Rudick) visiting the set for the first time. It becomes clear that an evil force is at work which may be circulating through the water system in the creepy old place. The evil possesses different individuals as creepy things move in shadows down long hallways. Chris must figure out what is happening before it is too late. This low budget chiller is from the writers of John Carpenter's film "The Ward" which was also set in an insane asylum. Brothers Michael and Chris Rasmussen write produce and debut as co-directors on this film that doesn't sound like much on paper but is quite a nice surprise. The Rasmussen's let their location work for them much like Brad Anderson did in the superb "Session 9", as they ring out every drop of atmosphere they can. The acting and even dialog isn't anything to get excited about but the brothers Rasmussen show good skill at delivering creepy scares and some gore. There are several surprises that catch the viewer off guard and deliver a shock. One inspired sequence happens inside an Elevator with actress Rachel (Whitehurst) that is sure to raise goose bumps. Along with the creeps this movie supplies, the Rasmussen's also deliver some gory and memorable death scenes that add to the fun. The cause of the strange happenings isn't fully explained but it seems intentional, these guys leave some of that up to your imagination. The ending is just the right tone for this film. These brothers obviously love Horror films and it shows in this tight little scare show.

"Did you see that!?" A film crew shooting a low budget horror movie moves into a abandoned psychiatric hospital. The hospital seems to take on a life of it's own the longer the crew stays. Little be little the cast and crew begin to notice strange things happening. I will admit that I had pretty low expectations for this even though I did like The Ward. I also realize the movie is about a low budget film crew but just because that's the plot doesn't mean they only have to hire bad actors. Not only is the fake movie low budget and bad acting, the actual movie is low budget and bad acting. It's hard to knock the movie based on budget but there comes a point where you have to realize that acting does matter, even in really low budget throw away movies like this. The rest of the movie was pretty much cookie cutter and not that scary to me. If you are a hardcore horror fan you may like this, I did not. Overall, the bad acting was too distracting for me to fully get into the movie. I say D+.