Greystone Park (2012)

I love this movie so much

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

I am, admittedly, a huge fan of the found footage genre of horror films. With that being said, I ignored all previous reviews and gave this movie a shot. I think it's strength is found in its bare-bones approach to the genre. The beginning of the films does a very good job of building suspense while limiting the amount of jump scares. In fact, there were very few of those at all. The horror of it all is a result of the audience really putting themselves into the scene, and every sound and movement just builds the tension to a nerve-wracking state. The actors themselves do a great job of keeping it real. None of the dialogue felt too scripted or forced, and Sean Stone certainly did a great job of adding realism to his character. The plot itself is a little confusing towards the end, but I believe it is certainly forgivable. Instead of shoving a coherent, well-pieced together story down the audience's throat, the film, holding true to the genre's heart, merely shows you what's going on without trying too hard to explain it all. I think that, in itself, is certainly worth applauding. If you're a fan of found footage, I would certainly give this one a shot. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

First 2/3 of movie i should say its for 5-6 solid points.The ending and that part in the church is something that just shouldn't be.BUT, the first 2/3 or first half of movie is OK and camera is all around but it creates story and scenes which in some found footage movies doesn't exist.I think if maybe ending was different it would be easily one of better found footage movies. At least for 5 stars.Scary factor, in some points very good. Especially middle of the film.Grave Encounters 2 for example scary factor almost non existent.Give it a go and judge yourself.For me top found footage movies definitely The tunnel and Grave Encounters first part.

Greystone Park aka The Asylum Tapes.. starts with the master director and his prodigal son (?) discussing about ghosts and spooky things in a dim lit dinner table along with few other guys and gals.. And,, some of them head to film the Greystone park and the mental asylum which is there.. The horror starts..Should i say horror or utter confusion.. ??What goes next is a serious rehashed scenes taken from well known found footage movies.. and its so disgusting and comedy filled direction less scenes.. you would actually destroy your beloved DVD player or bluray player or the TV in which you are watching this nth grade noobish movie..If you are a true horror fan.. just give it a go.. and fast forward all the way and finish the movie watching in 3-4 minutes. Thats it. The so called great Oliver Stone is appearing in few frames .. for reasons unknown even to the smartest Sherlock Holmes alive ... maybe MiB3 would appreciate better.. ;-)

I had to give a 1 because of IMDb but seriously, this movie shouldn't even have that, everything about this movie could have made it a great one, but sadly the idiot who wrote it (sean stone) didn't seem to either understand how to make a decent horror movie, or it was constantly played for $h!its and giggles, which it failed at-abysmally. When watching I constantly got the feel that it was supposed to be the "spirits" or whatever it was, was attempting to drive them insane, and if the movie had been played like that, the whole spiritual power thing was both messing with their minds and the camera as a sort of "its trying to drag the audience in as well" that would have worked out perfectly well, especially with the scenes at the end with 'crazy Kate' (again, as portrayed, doesn't make sense) but we're just supposed to believe that a story told to them at the start just happened to appear at the end? No, it doesn't work like that in storytelling, even if its supposed to be 'inspired by real events' it wouldn't work like that. Ah, getting off topic, this thing just feels draining, you don't like the characters and it never pays off with creepy moments or jump scares, so when you've had the built up feeling of adrenaline in your system flow out of you, you'll feel tired and bored, is that what you want in a movie experience? I just wish people wouldn't make things like this, its insulting, tired, lazy and trotted out, but most of all - a complete waste of money that you could spend on anything else to give you a better experience than this movie will give you.