The Ghostmaker

Release Date: OUT NOW!

2011 | 15 | 87 minutes | £ 14.99 ( DVD)

People do stupid things in horror movies. They open the puzzle box, read the Latin, or explore the basement. But playing Flatliners with an antique torture device shaped like a coffin seems especially daft, even for some half- witted horror movie dirtbags. And that makes it hard to sympathise when it turns out the Grim Reaper’s none too happy about their antics.

The problem with The Ghostmaker is that it’s too convoluted. There are some flashes of flair along the way, like the use of “demonic sound frequencies”, but they get lost in the jumble of drug addiction clichés, dodgy CGI and halfexplored theology. The film’s pack- everything- in philosophy leads to a final sting so obnoxious you’ll want to shove it into a coffin and forget all about it.

None. Sarah Dobbs