Haunted High (TV Movie 2012)

Haunted High: Directed by Jeffery Scott Lando. With Jonathan Baron, Gabe Begneaud, Charisma Carpenter, Marc Donato. A New England private school is visited by a demonic dead headmaster.

“I had expected a low-budget made-for-TV SyFy feature, this is why Iu0026#39;ll generously award this campy feature 3 stars. One simply cannot watch a movie like this and expect a high quality production, however viewers deserve to not face-palm themselves every 4 minutes.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Low budgetu0026quot;, as most of us cinemaphiles know, is not a valid excuse for bad writing, bad acting, and… bad everything. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe plot is like cheap fishnet stockings… covered with holes, transparent, and weak. Sadly, not as attractive. Some of the scenes are so illogical itu0026#39;s frustrating. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA better screenplay, set and directing would have lent this mess some respectability because the concept itself is very intriguing. Itu0026#39;s a good idea with potential, gone wrong. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere are some unique kills, and I wasnu0026#39;t really distracted by overly bad CGI like in some comparable productions. I was too distracted by poorer qualities, I suppose. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe dialog is so bad, it exceeds description. The bad puns tossed out by our antagonist before each kill were insufferable. Even if they were aiming to be campy, it still failed. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIu0026#39;ve seen better acting at middle school Thanksgiving pageants. The worst performance (arguably) was offered by Shawn C. Philips. Heu0026#39;s no stranger to the horror genre. Perhaps he just did the best he could with the material he had? Itu0026#39;s all terrible waste of several proved talents. Please do not judge the actors exclusively by this feature if you happen to be unfamiliar with their other work. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf youu0026#39;re a fan of other Sy-Fy channel movies and are prepared for their usual shortcomings, you may not be disappointed. Admittedly, this is not their worst work nor their best.”