SYNOPSICS
Pay the Ghost (2015) is a English,Spanish,Chinese,Scottish Gaelic movie. Uli Edel has directed this movie. Nicolas Cage,Sarah Wayne Callies,Veronica Ferres,Lyriq Bent are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2015. Pay the Ghost (2015) is considered one of the best Horror,Thriller movie in India and around the world.
One year after Mike Lawford's young son disappeared during a Halloween carnival, he is haunted by ghostly images and terrifying messages he can't explain. Together with his estranged wife, he will stop at nothing to unravel the mystery and find their son-and, in doing so, he unearths the legend of the crying woman who refuses to remain buried in the past.
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So very mediocre, commonplace, average, middling, undistinguished.
Pay the Ghost is pretty much as mediocre or average as they come. It's not bad, it's not good. It's just there in the middle. Right in the middle. (In Norway we have a saying that directly translates to "in the middle of the tree", that expression describes this movie perfectly. I don't know what word in English is most suitable though) Pay the Ghost had one jump scare that definitely did the job for me. I jumped, and got that cold chill inside my chest. But that was also the only time the movie was remotely scary. Not that it is much horror anyway. It's way more thriller/drama than horror, really. Nick Cage is usually entertaining to watch, and also here. Sara Tancredi (you know, Prison Break) does an alright job, her character is a little annoying, but that's the scripts fault. The kid, well, he's.. OK. he has a couple of lines that sound out of place, but hey. The effects are mostly good, except a couple of small problems here and there. The story is just interesting enough for me to wanna watch it through. But like I said, the main keyword here is mediocre. Meh. Commonplace. Average. Call it what you will. There are a couple of problems with the script, doesn't seem like a whole lot of thought went into it, at least not into all of it. But that was as I expected, really. The movie looks pretty good. I don't know the budget, but it doesn't have that low budget-feel to it. I like it when movies look, you know, at least a little expensive. This is one of those horror movies you can watch in the evening on a Sunday or whatever, not the kind you build a movie night around, see what I mean? It's right there smack-dab in the middle.
Watchable but pretty bad
I think this could be a pretty good movie, but it doesn't develop and pace scenes very well, the script feels poorly edited... the scene where the woman comes and sees the ghost and dies... that whole scene is setup too hastily, it lacks atmosphere and intensity, it misses its mark and is just very lukewarm, and it should have really drawn you in, actually you should have been drawn in already... so this movie suffers from quality directing, pacing, and editing, and the sound engineering also seems a bit of a miss... A great idea, similar to the movie SINISTER in some ways, but really lacking the cahones of SINISTER... This movie just got worse using a Celtic symbol for the goddess to make it a story of black magick, when that symbol is used in white magick. "I'm only a school teacher I know nothing about your son" wait five seconds and she knows everything... Oh boy this movie just gets worse with every passing minute.
Mediocre Horror-Thriller
A lot of reviews are giving this movie flack but it's not that bad. I feel like people go into Cage movies now expecting the worse and have already decided how to feel about it before they've even watched it. I'm not about to argue that this film is good (because it definitely isn't) but you could do far worse than watch this movie. Sure, the CGI is terrible and the plot is no good. But we have okay dialogue in the script and everyone in the movie (minus the child actor) does a fine job. Cage isn't hamming it up like he often does and Sarah Wayne Callies does a great job. The scene after they lose their son is rather heartbreaking when you look at her. This movie does fall apart a bit down the stretch, however. All in all, it's very forgettable, not recommended, but not terrible either.
How many Clichés can you put into one movie??
Lots, apparently, more bizarrely though, is how the unaware the movie seems to be about it, everything is here, witches - check, scary monster thing in black clock - check, scary possession of a main character - check, climatic scene where dad says to his child 'I got you' - check, 'there's something outside the window' jump scene - check, bring in a clairvoyant to sense out the house - check, Halloween - check, scary masks on children - check, ask random people about ghost legends who then describe the storyline of the movie as if reading from text - check... (legend has it that the portal shuts at 12pm... 'oh my, that's in two hours time!!) it's almost embarrassing how many they try to squeeze in, completely randomly and unnecessary, It just ends up being weird, and the last scene? just thrown in for one last jump that's nothing to do with anything. One scene that sums up this movie, is when cagey sees son on the bus, as a viewer that's watched ANY movie before, you know it's not his son on the bus, and you know your going to have to watch him run after the bus, for a couple of minutes, dodging traffic blah blah blah and finally getting on the bus and seeing the boys not there while everyone on the bus looks at him oddly... (why were there two empty seats on a bus that had like 30 ppl crammed and standing?) And the whole movie plays to these types of rules. Stupid film, cliché ridden, random jump scenes, no plot, utter rubbish, nic cage doing what he does best and looking confused for the whole movie, but... i do like that kind of stuff, so for me wasn't a complete waste of time.
Enjoyable ghost film with Nic Cage. Whats not to love.
6 out of 10. A damn good film. Now that we got my own personal score out the way... Its an entertaining, well made horror film for people who enjoy Cage's performance and for lovers of standard horror flicks with ghosts, jump- scares and more of that kinda stuff. I think people are overthinking this WAY too much and just getting used to hate on Cage's flicks. Come on. This is not a masterpiece. Nor is it supposed to be. Its just a horror film that people can sit down and enjoy. Im unsure about replay value but its definitely worth a watch if you like this genre. The acting is good. Story is decent. Looks and otherwise visuals of the film are good too. The strange thing is that this film is supposed to be a thriller... even though we're dealing with the supernatural. But yes :) Im liking it regardless. There's not that much else to say, my dear readers. Its just a decent film. Something to watch if you're in the mood for a stand-up horror/thriller flick or just wanna see Nick Cage star is a spooky flick. Thats it, fellas. Don't over think it. Im not anyway and I think its a decent film. But Im just a reviewer who looks for films that entertains me and has replay value above all.