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MOVIE REVIEW
\r\nHaunted Trail
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MOVIE REVIEW
\nHaunted Trail
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Genre:<\/strong> Horror, Thriller, Drama, Urban, Independent
\nYear Released:<\/strong> 2022
\nRuntime:<\/strong> 1h 20m
\nDirector(s):<\/strong> Robin Givens, Raven Magwood
\nWriter(s):<\/strong> Raven Magwood, Paul Lindsay
\nCast:<\/strong> Desi Banks, Reggie Couz, Marquise C. Brown, Brook Sill, Raven Magwood, Matt William Knowles, Anna Perdun, Grace Perdun
\nWhere To Watch:<\/strong> Available on demand on September 27<\/p>\n

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RAVING REVIEW: <\/strong>A better version of HELL FEST in every possible way, but still missing a few pieces.<\/p>\n

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While the movie is far from perfect, it takes the haunted house genre and does it well. I will forever remember one of my lowest-rated films on Letterboxd; I was so excited for HELL FEST, and yet I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more “produced” haunted house movie. It honestly took me out of the situation entirely. Thankfully, HAUNTED TRAIL puts us smack in the middle of a real “haunt,” as somewhat of a haunted house enthusiast; I appreciate the care taken to recreate a real-world experience.<\/p>\n

You can tell that director Robin Givens (BOOMERANG, RIVERDALE) knows that an audience prefers an authentic experience. No average haunted house is a polished finished product; the recreation here adds to the look and feel of the movie. There are a lot of polar opposite reviews so far, and most people seem to either love the experience or claim it's the “worst thing ever.” I tend to think those hating on the film are likely driven by factors other than the movie itself.<\/p>\n

I mentioned the film was missing a few pieces, and that’s true; I enjoyed the experience, but some repetitiveness and predictability took a little something away from the viewing. As a whole, the casting for the film was great, you had most of the cliched players, but I would’ve liked to have seen a little less focus on the film's comedic aspects.<\/p>\n

The modernization of the story was a welcome one; bringing in things like the photo opp in the middle of the haunt was fun and creative. Although I would’ve liked to see a little more creativity with the “bad guy,” his mask felt almost too familiar, it took away some of the intimidation factors. Although, to be fair, a new mask that is frightening is a hard thing to accomplish; even big-budget films miss this.<\/p>\n

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MOVIE REVIEW Haunted Trail  –      Genre: Horror, Thriller, Drama, Urban, Independent Year Released: 2022 Runtime: 1h 20m Director(s): Robin Givens, Raven Magwood Writer(s): Raven Magwood, Paul Lindsay Cast: Desi Banks, Reggie Couz, Marquise C. Brown, Brook Sill, Raven Magwood, Matt William Knowles, Anna Perdun, Grace Perdun Where To Watch: Available on demand on September 27 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}