RELEASED IN 2015 and directed/written by Ted Geoghegan, "We Are Still Here" is about an aging couple (Andrew Sensenig & Barbara Crampton) who move to the quiet New York countryside after the death of their college-age son. Unfortunately, their fixer-upper is haunted by malevolent ghosts. Monte Markham & Connie Neer play their weird neighbors, the latter secretly warning them to GET OUT. Lisa Marie plays a medium friend of the couple and Larry Fessenden her stoner husband. Older haunted house movies turned me off to the genre, like the lame "House on Haunted Hill" (1959) and the better-but-dull "The Legend of Hell House" (1973); even 1999's "The Haunting" was relatively uninteresting (except the quality cast). The effective remake of "The Amityville Horror" (2005) changed my mind, along with films like "The Grudge 2" (2006). "We Are Still Here" is another quality movie in the genre. The film wisely takes its time to set up the mysterious ambiance, the protagonists and their situation while slowly building up suspense before all hell literally breaks loose. The possession sequence is particularly well done. THE MOVIE RUNS 84 minutes and was shot Palmyra & Shortsville, New York. ADDITIONAL CAST: Michael Patrick Nicholson & Kelsea Dakota play the college couple who visit the house and Marvin Patterson appears as the electrician.GRADE: B+

Looks good, but the reveal is far too early.I was really enjoying the creepy start to this, but it's reveal is far too early, unfortunately. I was so impressed by part of the reveal, but so disappointed at it's timing, that I turned it off. It looked great though, and had great acting, I just lost interest.You may feel this is unfair, but I've seen enough really good horrors to know which ones I should finish.Now, I'm just filling up the space so that I publish my review. You can stop reading now.Here are some of my favourite horrors: The Orphanage, House of the Devil, Creep, Halloween.

In the wake of their son's fatal car collision, Anne and Paul Sachetti move to a new home in rural New England (upstate New York). Upon meeting the people of the nearby town, they soon learn that their new home has a dark past.We Are Still Here is one of those recent horror movies like You're Next and House of the Devil that has a real love for the genre. It's gory, it's creepy, it's set in the 70's (very important for some reason), and it has horror star power. Barbara Crampton, who plays Anne, is well known for playing Megan in Re-Animator. Larry Fessenden, who plays Jacob, is an indie-horror standard-bearer and also the producer of Stake Land.Watched on Vudu

We Are Still Here (2015, ***) is a newish horror movie set in the 1970s. What's more, it maintains the look and feel of a movie released in that time frame, from the easy stuff like hairstyles and clothing to more abstract concepts like mannerisms and dialogue. It's a heck of a lot better than many of the cheesy horror movies released in that decade, too.It's about an older couple (Barbara Crampton and Andrew Sensenig) who move to an isolated farmhouse in order to cope with the loss of their grown son, who died in a car wreck about a month earlier. Getting away to get away, in other words. Anne and Paul busy themselves fixing up the old place, but it's not long before Anne's getting the willies – you know, weird sounds in the night, things moving that shouldn't be able to move even a littler. Paul, ever the pragmatist, insists there's a logical explanation, but he consents to having hippie-New Age friends of theirs, May and Jacob (Lisa Marie and Larry Fessenden) come up for a few days. You know, to calm things down. Of course, May and Jacob are into spiritual matters, and May instantly feels a presence. Is it the dead son of Paul and Anne? Meanwhile, May and Jacob's own son Harry is also coming up for a visit with his girlfriend Daniella.True to its bloodline (ha), We Are Still Here does have plenty of blood, but it's the terrifying kind, not the Friday the 13th kind. That is, you genuinely feel like you're in this farmhouse with these normal folks, trying to communicate with the dead. The dead, it seems, bring dread. And death, which is sort of their thing. There are plenty of frights and good twists, with quick pacing and some visceral visuals. Huge praise is also due to Monte Markham, who plays a neighbor who knows more than he's letting on. Probably.