Despite the intriguing title, THE APPEARING is nothing more than a cheap and lousy horror movie that screams derivative at every step. It starts out as a tragedy-from-the-past type movie, and before the end has turned into your usual demonic possession flick. At no point is it original or indeed valid as a decent horror film.The characters are dull beyond with Will Wallace's lead being particularly stultifying. Former Superman actor Dean Cain shows up in support, while poor old Don Swayze - the late Patrick's brother - reminds us that he's nothing like his more famous sibling. Despite attempts by the filmmakers, the incidents portrayed in the film are rather tame, and the familiarity of the whole thing makes it tough to keep your attention on it.

Wow....this film really was truly awful! I never choose a movie unless I watch trailers of it first (or if it's a film I know I want to see), but goodness knows what I saw in the trailers to make me want to see this pile of boring-a** rubbish.I really don't know where to start with this film....the extremely dodgy acting, the nonsensical script, the editing, or the direction. All of it was really just as bad as each other if truth be told. Actually scrap that....I think the writing "wins" the award for worst part because while the general outline of the story made sense, the different elements to make up the story didn't.Also when you see things like someone knocking on the door of a house they know is empty and shouting out "Hello?"; the lights in said empty house being on ALL the time (spooks need to see where they are going do they?!); highschoolers who are all very obviously in their early 20s, then you KNOW it's bad. It's like it was written by a 10-year-old. Then again, a 10-year-old might have come up with something better.The editing was just as bad with it jumping from scene to scene the way it did as if a scene wasn't done before it suddenly went onto the next. They never led up to each other either....they just chopped and changed around aimlessly.As for the acting, well, to say that none of the performances were worthy of any awards would be the understatement of the century, and you know it's bad when one of the more believable performances is from Dean Cain! Whether it was from the wooden performance from Emily Brooks' (especially for the the possession scenes), the clichéd performance & look as a psychiatrist by Conroy Kanter, or the continual over-the-top moodiness from Will Wallace, absolutely nothing was redeemable. The only good thing about The Appearing is when the end credits started to appear.I generally enjoy a good possession type film, but The Appearing just made a mockery of that genre. Do yourself a favour...ignore this.

Director, Daric Gates, gives us an interesting view of a horror/thriller film that is both new and creative. Instead of the stereotypical characters that fans are used to seeing, "The Appearing" delivers a unique group of actors and a fresh storyline about spiritual warfare. The relatively new cast did a good job and the locations, including the original "Psycho" house, added a cool look and feel to the film. Originality and creativity make this a film worth watching. Plus, there are a number of up-and-coming actors (Emily Brooks, Natalie Kabenjian and Payton Woods) as well as seasoned professionals (Will Wallace, Dean Cain, Don Swayze, Wolfgang Bodison and Quinton Aaron) that are exciting to watch!

I could go on about the lame script, bad acting, blind camera work, lazy directing, and amateur editing, but this has been covered by the others commenting. The movie opens with a black man kissing a brunette, which is fine, except that not one black girl appears in the movie, and if there was, it would be an extra, completely ignored by all men except possibly a black man. Why? Because the movie industry is racist. I shove the crew's face in the pile of racism they made. BAD DIRECTOR! BAD PRODUCER! You are worse than scum, you are traitors. Matthew J. Ryan and Daric Gates are bigots: Do not hire, do not invite, do not return their calls.