Runtime: 79 minutes
Release Date: September 6, 2012
Rating: R
Director: Sean Stone
"Greystone Park" is the kind
of film that proves that you don't need to follow in the footsteps of
your famous parents. Directed by Sean Stone, the son of award-winning
director Oliver Stone, the film apparently came about as the result
of a conversation that the two shared with one of Sean's friends. The
men decided to take a group of friends into an abandoned mental
institution to see what happened. That does not mean that this is a
documentary because it is filled with the same typical faux screams
that you would expect.
There are so many flaws with "Greystone
Park" that I literally don't know where to start. You know how
some films try to make the footage look older or show disturbances by
adding graininess? This film does that so often that there were
moments where I literally didn't know what was happening because I
couldn't see the action.
The other problem is that there really
isn't a lot of action. Whenever something remotely scary starts
happening, the film automatically starts showing screwy footage, like
the ghosts don't want you to see what they do. For example, two
people might be in one room and hear a scream from another room. The
moment they run down the hall and enter that room, the film shows
rolling footage. When it finally goes back to the action, the
characters basically explain what happened.
I usually like to write longer reviews
for horror films, but I just want to put this one behind me and move
on to the next film.
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