Oh man. It's not very often that I watch a movie that seems to have NO redeemable qualities… but sometimes it happens. I was flipping through Hulu one night recently and came across Find Me, director Andy Palmer's full-length film debut. I love checking out directors' and actors' debuts — it's not uncommon to find awesome gems that way — but oof, this wasn't one of those times.It starts off by giving us a dark flashback to Emily's (Kathryn Lyn) childhood, which is… mildly creepy at best. Fast forward to present time and Emily and her husband Tim (Cameron Bender) are moving into their first home, which is a stone's throw from the town Emily grew up in. Weird things start happening in the house and, somewhat uniquely, they assume right off the bat that it's a spirit. Oh, okay. So then begins a series of odd happenings, most of which conveniently happening while Tim is off at work, and yet Emily seems barely spooked by any damn thing.There's lots of scenes and aspects in the movie that are meant to be creepy but just played as cheesy to me (the music box, the spirit writing "find me" in the fog on the bathroom mirror, the seance that their friend Claire attempts which was just downright funny), and then some that really warranted more attention (like the ghost of her twin just straight up having sex with the husband and that is NEVER addressed beyond him saying "I just saw the f**ing ghost"!?!!?).The fact that Emily is SO quick to assume their house is haunted, but not to assume it might be connected to the disappearance and death of her twin seems pretty inconsistent to me. Also, I know not everyone is as forthright as me, but you wouldn't tell your husband at SOME point in your relationship that you had an identical twin sister who went missing when you were a kid? I really NEVER buy it when this is done in movies.Then we start actually SEEING the twin and… yikes. Those scenes are painful to say the least. I mean, since she went missing as a child, we couldn't have a ghost who looks like a child? Nope, we've got a fully grown woman wearing a little dress and pigtails. And then the ending is the most predictable thing ever predicted. Just… save your time and go watch something, ANYthing, else!

"Find Me" is like a soup boiled on a bone that has already lost all flavor. And by that I mean, that the movie takes a concept that has already been used beyond the point of reasonable usage and then brings nothing new to the genre at all.The story is about a young couple, Tim (played by Cameron Bender) and Emily (played by Kathryn Lyn) who have come to buy a house at a really low bargain price. As luck would have it, the house is in Emily's old childhood neighborhood. Gradually things start to happen in the house, and they couple come to realize that they are not alone in their new home.Right, well story-wise, then there is nothing new to be had here if you have seen these kind of haunted movies within the last 10 years or so. In fact, the storyline was actually predictable and you will have the movie figured out not even halfway into it. And the ending, well you will see that coming a mile away as well.What "Find Me" has working for it was the acting and the camera-work. It was lacking scary moments and anything that even remotely would resemble anything spooky.So why watch this one? Well to be honest, then I can't really come up with a reason, unless you have been missing out on haunted movies for the past 10 years or so. But be warned the movie follows the stereotypical guide of 'how to make a haunted movie' guidebook page by page, so don't expect anything innovative or surprising here.Because the movie is so linear and predictable, I am going to have to rate it a mere 3 out of 10 stars.

It's winter in the American Mid West. A young newly married couple, the husband a teacher with a new job at the local school, the wife unemployed, move into their newly purchased first house in the wife's home town. Almost immediately things start to go bump in the night. That suggests a pace the film doesn't have. It's a melancholy, bleak, almost artsy ghost story with shots of empty winter scenery, open skies and dripping icicles. The characters are well played, likable and intelligent, the horror mostly peripheral and special effects sparingly used. There are some genuine unforeseen twists in the plot. It's not a classic of the genre but, considering how bad many films in the genre are, I found it difficult to dislike. Nothing to write home about but, if you don't go in expecting a CGI filled gore fest, it has a bleak charm. 6/10.

I saw this, and it was OK. Everything about it was slow. In the beginning, she's looking at a picture for about 10 seconds. They did tend to drag out scenes. It was an hour/26 minutes, but it would've been better had they made it a short film of about 60 minutes. The flow would've been better, and they could've cut out a lot of unnecessary dialogue and gazing at pictures for an unnecessary amount of time. It was entertaining enough, but I did find myself looking at my watch. The acting was good enough, so was the story. Again, they tended to drag out the movie that should've only been about an hour long. Sometimes less is better than more.