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A team of parapsychologists sets out to investigate a series of anomalous phenomena taking place in a newly occupied apartment. Telephone calls with no caller, mysterious shadows, extraordinary light emissions, flying objects, and exploding light bulbs are some of the events they will face while recording their every step with state-of-the-art technology. Using infrared filming, digital photography, psychophonic recordings, movement detectors, and magnetic field alteration meters, the group's attempts to contact the "other side" will grow increasingly dangerous as they near a point of no return...
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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:Amazon Instant Video
The main problem with Apartment 143 is not the movie itself, but the fact we have been inundated with a host of hand held ghost stories that are "real" found footage with actors. The production by itself is decent, but given the fact we have seen it before will cause one to quickly get bored.
Three ghost hunters investigate the bizarre events at the apartment of Alan White (Kai Lennox). Paul (Rick Gonzalez) is the technology guy and the one we have to blame for all the cameras. Ellen (Fiona Glascott) is the secretary and assistant but vastly prefers the title "gate keeper." The brains of the operation is Dr. Hezler (Michael O'Keefe). Alan has two children: Benjamin (Damian Roman) who is four and Caitlin (Gia Mantegna) who is at that difficult age. Caitlin has a very cold if not hateful relationship with her father, which immediately makes you think we are headed down the ghost/incest lane, something that has become too much of a substitution for good writing here of late.
The mother Cindy has passed on. They believe she is the haunting spirit. Caitlin blames her father for her death.
This production is subject to the same criticism of all found film productions. This one experiments with an idiotic head mounted camera that gives the film a "fish eye" view. The writing and acting were acceptable "B" grade fair. The scare factor was middle of the road. The main problem with this film is that we didn't get to feel for the characters. We got to know about them, but just didn't care.
PARENTAL GUIDE: F-bomb, no sex or nudity.
Three ghost hunters investigate the bizarre events at the apartment of Alan White (Kai Lennox). Paul (Rick Gonzalez) is the technology guy and the one we have to blame for all the cameras. Ellen (Fiona Glascott) is the secretary and assistant but vastly prefers the title "gate keeper." The brains of the operation is Dr. Hezler (Michael O'Keefe). Alan has two children: Benjamin (Damian Roman) who is four and Caitlin (Gia Mantegna) who is at that difficult age. Caitlin has a very cold if not hateful relationship with her father, which immediately makes you think we are headed down the ghost/incest lane, something that has become too much of a substitution for good writing here of late.
The mother Cindy has passed on. They believe she is the haunting spirit. Caitlin blames her father for her death.
This production is subject to the same criticism of all found film productions. This one experiments with an idiotic head mounted camera that gives the film a "fish eye" view. The writing and acting were acceptable "B" grade fair. The scare factor was middle of the road. The main problem with this film is that we didn't get to feel for the characters. We got to know about them, but just didn't care.
PARENTAL GUIDE: F-bomb, no sex or nudity.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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Movies that are made from camera point-of-view can be very hit or miss. This one hits for several reasons:
1) The acting is very well done. The people are mostly believable in their roles, and the actor playing the dad does a great job (has some of the weightier emotional scenes).
2) The use of cameras everywhere makes sense in this case. They are a group of paranormal researchers trying to capture what is going on, and the use of lots of well placed cameras would be a good idea. So, cutting between them makes feels natural, and the use of them here really adds to an authentic feeling atmosphere.
3) The paranormal activity that gets captured on film happens very organically, it's not over the top, and folks seem to respond the way their characters would be expected.
4) The story itself isn't trite or hackneyed. It's a story that's hard to predict exactly why the events are taking place, and you feel yourself wondering what's the real cause, especially given how calm in certain cases the lead researcher seems to be (he's pretty confident he knows the real cause, but is trying to eliminate other possibilities).
Overall, I liked it much more than I expected to and if you like horror films, and especially camera-POV type films, this is a good one to watch.
1) The acting is very well done. The people are mostly believable in their roles, and the actor playing the dad does a great job (has some of the weightier emotional scenes).
2) The use of cameras everywhere makes sense in this case. They are a group of paranormal researchers trying to capture what is going on, and the use of lots of well placed cameras would be a good idea. So, cutting between them makes feels natural, and the use of them here really adds to an authentic feeling atmosphere.
3) The paranormal activity that gets captured on film happens very organically, it's not over the top, and folks seem to respond the way their characters would be expected.
4) The story itself isn't trite or hackneyed. It's a story that's hard to predict exactly why the events are taking place, and you feel yourself wondering what's the real cause, especially given how calm in certain cases the lead researcher seems to be (he's pretty confident he knows the real cause, but is trying to eliminate other possibilities).
Overall, I liked it much more than I expected to and if you like horror films, and especially camera-POV type films, this is a good one to watch.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By S. Safreed
Format:Amazon Instant Video
It's not going to win any Oscars, but Apartment 143 was a solid , suspenseful horror film. There were the appropriate bumps, knocks, eerie noises, and confused people. What made it far more interesting was the story itself. While it followed the standard pacing ad formula the characters were engaging, smart and most of all, scared.
I'm not a real fan of horror films but this one was definitely worth the time!
I'm not a real fan of horror films but this one was definitely worth the time!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
BETTER THAN PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
I SAW THIS MOVIE WITH MY FRIENDS AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS BETTER THAN PARANORMAL ACTIVITY. LATER WE FOUND OUT THE DIRECTOR, PRODUCER AND MORE PEOPLE WHO MADE THIS MOVIE ARE LATINOS. Read more
Published 2 days ago by Ober Delgado
2.0 out of 5 stars
Giant pile of what's going on
The movie begins promisingly, with a group of scientists setting up cameras in a Paranormal Activity-esque fashion. Read more
Published 4 days ago by Niki Liu
5.0 out of 5 stars
Call me strange but I loved it...
I thought the team of investigators were likeable, the plot interesting and suspenseful and the sort of film noire-grunge Great Recession look effective in setting the mood. Read more
Published 5 days ago by nowyat
3.0 out of 5 stars
Was good.
It's one of those reality horror films. It was good. I am not a huge fan of these movies except Blair Witch the original. All in all it was worth watching.
Published 12 days ago by Leslie Adams
5.0 out of 5 stars
Watch It.
Best thing ive seen since Session 9. It actually scared me. Normally hate the docu-horror sub genre, but this one is actually made well with solid camera/editing work and great... Read more
Published 14 days ago by Boom
1.0 out of 5 stars
terrible
so tired of the fake documentary style investigation of the paranormal. I thought this was just going to be a regular story line, filmed with a normal story line. Read more
Published 15 days ago by mmorga4
3.0 out of 5 stars
Archetypal/standardized terror
It seems the producers of this may be big fans of the Paranormal Activity series. It starts off slow, doesn't have the movie's title or any credits in the start (or anywhere except... Read more
Published 18 days ago by Jason Brown
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not Bad
Typical para-normal investigative class project goes wrong type horror movie. Some creepy spots, but predictable and slow footed. Solid "B" movie rated laugher.
Published 1 month ago by Robert A. Garofal
1.0 out of 5 stars
Bad, just bad
Slow, hard to watch (most of it filmed from the 'amateur camera' perspective), and never concluded. I have no idea what happened in the movie besides a lot of screaming, light... Read more
Published 1 month ago by kathi
2.0 out of 5 stars
Slow
A little slow, not too thrilling but something good to pass the time. Add this to the bottom of your list
Published 1 month ago by Michelle Klecker
