Boo (2005)

Well first off that is a very simple title for a somewhat average movie.
True there isn't going to be much said about it.
It has the story you have seen before that is pretty typical
a group of friends plan to have some spooky fun in an abandoned
Hospital/Asylum that has a urban legend about it being haunted
and they quickly find out how true the legend is.
Also it appears that one of the group has somewhat of a link
with the Hospital/Asylum's past.
First off one good thing about this movie is that it didn't
look or appear cheaply done the production set up and design was
actually quite good. The characters were likable for the most part
and also the acting was pretty good as well.
This didn't have alot of effects or gore in it either
there were some gooy scenes and some nice practical effects
but nothing you really haven't seen before, As well as
the visual effects they were pretty standard "ghostly" ones
but nice all the same I felt there were more near the climax/ending
of the movie. Also the opening scenes before the main title
kind of reminded me of the opening scene of the fist Scream.
but all in all it wasn't a bad movie but not the greatest as well.
if you like the " Group of teens/20 somethings trapped in a haunted
house/Hospital/Asylum/cabin/whatever" type of movies give this one a try.

The Abandoned (2006)

Wow, that was quite the spookfest.

This is a weirdly odd little film, it doesn't start out that way but around the last 10-20 minutes
its like a true decent into madness. But it also is a film that is very very well done
it has stunning sweeping shots and beautiful cinematography with alot of nice camera
work and a very haunting sound both in sound design and in the very subtle score.
The movie also is disturbingly atmospheric and has this spooky dark creepiness about it
that you know something is going to happen and you don't want to take your eyes off it
not even for a second. Also there seemed to be alot of symbolism in this also... I don't
know if I truly picked up on what it was trying to mean but you could tell it was
showing you something was important. This also has some nice effects as well
it wasn't heavy on the effects but when it did something it was quite impressive.
there were plenty of moments where I was "whoa no way!" or "huh? that's crazy!"
the movie almost seems to pride itself on these and I was freaking out a bet here and there
One of the scenes I thought was pretty good on the wow was the bullet scene where the
character of Nicolai was fixing his leg wound I was thinking "Man, this guys tough!"
but this was a wonderful Horror movie for the Ghost/Haunted House type
I would have to say I did enjoy it, even thought the ending was kind of weird
but that was ok.