Acting was terrible. The actor playing the owner of the home maintained an odd monotone the entire film. It was so pronounced that I assumed it would eventually be explained by some event in the movie. Nope. Just bad acting. Some of the writing was so ridiculous that it would have fit in a horror movie parody.

I must address my biggest complaint with the film. When the film starts it introduces you to a whole set of characters from a "ghost hunting" team. Some establishment of character is attempted, or at least feels so. At about 30 minutes into the film, almost the entire cast is never seen from again except one. Why was the time spent explaining little nuances about the characters if you are never going to see them again? The character that the camera does stick with had the smallest build up. It felt like a waste of time. The remainder of the film is the "ghost" activity, which mostly consist of the ghost or whatever it is spooking people. This makes the story or complete lack there of very weak. No explanation is given to the ghost or why it was around in any way at all. The acting wasn't horrible. Not great by any means. Far better than your average B horror selection. Doug the plumber came off a little silly at points.Special note would go to some of the music which presented a very good 80's horror feel, though it was pretty limited. Something to watch if you have seen virtually every other available film on netflix/amazon.

Do not believe the other reviews saying this movie is "good" the acting is horrible. To say the characters are "believable and strong enough" is to say that they are believably bad at acting and strong enough to continue with the movie despite how awful it is. The first half of the movie is boring with no scare factors whatsoever, but you hang in there hoping it'll get better as the movie climaxes. It doesn't, and the image of the poltergeist is completely laughable. I've seen my fair share of B films but this one is by far one of the worst ones. Not even worth a free rental, do not waste your time. If you want scary I would skip this movie.

First the disclaimer, yes I do know the director Jordan Pacheco as I had the chance to see his work on a RI horror movie that he provided the special effects for. I was not involved in the picture in any way and didn't see it until I purchased a copy of the film from the director. Now with that crap out of the way let's talk about the flick. Chris O'Reilly plays Matt. Matt is a member of an amateur group of ghost hunters led by Paul played by Dan Liebman. To date they haven't had much luck with the ghost hunting as far as not even getting a rise from the Lizzy Bordan house. They are asked to help a family that is being plagued by a particular nasty ghost or ghosts. As per the norm, when the team arrives nothing happens. Matt finally loses it and starts yelling at the spirits calling them out to face him and that he would take care of them if they did. He explains to Paul that he was trying to "provoke" the ghosts into some kind of response. Paul packs it in for the night and Matt leaves but there may be something coming with him. He goes home to his girlfriend Jamie played by Nicole Lasala. Strange happenings start to occur at his house that are quickly spinning out of control. I am normally not a fan of ghost stories because I tend to find them to be boring and not very frightening. Provoked is nothing like that. The film had my attention from opening credits to final reel. One of the highlights is Tony Moran (from the first Halloween) as Doug the plumber and his encounter with the house. Some nice music and great storytelling give this film a nice pace that is missing in the hundreds of haunted house with malevolent spirits movies that Hollywood keeps churning out. "Never provoke the undead"