Just put a bunch of obnoxious jerks in a haunted house, kill them off one by one with lots of gore and BOOS, put in at least one pointless nude scene and add an incredibly obvious 'twist' ending. Sounds like you've got it made, right? WRONG. There has to be some professionalism to all this, a level of finesse... and this is just a boring trudge through a brainless script targeted at the lowest common denominator, who might get off on this stuff while drunk one Halloween.Which reminds me... last year I had the cutest little trick or treater ever. He stood there with his mother asking for sweeties, with his tablecloth ghostie costume coming down to his waist. He was far more frightening than anything in this movie. Perhaps they should get him for the sequel. If I was at college right now I would be writing a thesis entitled 'The Downfall Of The Modern Horror Film'. Unfortunately, that boat sailed some time ago. I still think its a good idea... Any takers? 3/10

A group of young people decide to break into the legendary Whaley House, and they bring with them two paranormal researchers. The expected result (for a horror film) happens.Honestly, I did not think the film was all that bad. Not that it is good (it is not), and the acting is nothing special, but for a b-grade haunting film, it had potential. The gore, for example, was very nicely done. So if nothing else, the blood effects folks earned whatever spare change they made on this.I also liked that although this story had two paranormal researchers, it did not dwell on their technical gadgets. On television shows that do this, it is so fake and boring to watch (and yet they keep making more seasons -- people are gullible). I especially liked when one of them made the comment (and then rant) about how you "cannot go to Wal-Mart and buy this stuff". Best part of the movie, hands down.

I'm a very big fan (no to say freak) of the Horror genre in general, and the ghost-story sub genre in particular. I'll always consider films like The Grudge and The Ring to be some of the scariest I've ever seen. Also, I'm really not a fan of the "home video" style films (i.e. Paranormal Activity and REC). The attempt to make the film "real" simply doesn't feel completely right for me, and I fail to connect with such films.In my opinion, what makes a good film great is a carefully crafted combination of truly scary ghosts and a surprising clever twist. In this regard - The Haunting of Whaley House wasn't a great film.The acting was fine if you ask me. Arielle Brachfeld's character was first obnoxious and later annoying (all the whining), but I assume that can't be held against her as she was probably just following director Jose Prendes's orders. The rest of the actors didn't really stick out, except for Howard McNair, who in my opinion played psychic Keith Drummond perfectly (again, regardless to some trashing reviews here). He appeared as the "man in charge", the guy in control, the professional in a situation unknown to the others around. Just the way a psychic would behave in a haunted house!The ghosts were fairly scary in an ol' fashioned way (basic makeup for pale skin and evil looking eyes), and proved that there wasn't a need for a high budget and extreme visual effects in order to scare the audience.As for the story - here lies the problem. There really wasn't much to it. No twists, no surprises, and the idea used to show the alleged connection between the group of teens and the haunted house was far fetched and un-entertaining. Felt too much like "ok, we've got our people and our ghosts, how do we connect them?"There was also much use of the oldest cheat in the book, when suddenly a ghost is partially visible and we hear loud bass music forcing us to instinctively twitch or jump in our seats. However, it was all in good taste and not overly used, and it wouldn't be an old fashioned ghost- story without it.All in all, I really enjoyed this film, and got just the right amount of supernatural ghost-related frights of it. Objectively it might not have been that good, but for me it absolutely did what I hoped it would. Recommended to anyone not too picky who wouldn't mind a non- sophisticated scare.

Absolutely insane film. The acting was phenomenal and the plot was original with plenty of twists and turns to keep you enticed during your watch.You should not watch this film if you are looking for a serious horror film but to have fun and a few crazy scares. It is a horror film and delivers plenty of thrilling moments for example when they are in the house and at night. The actors are very underrated and I would be surprised if they weren't scheduled for a Hollywood blockbuster within the next 1-2 years. Clever, twisted ending and is a definite mind puzzler. 10/10 without a doubtYou'd be a fool to miss it.