Ghost Month
Year: 2009
Director: Danny Draven
Studio: North American Motion Pictures
Stars: Marina Resa, Shirley To, Rick Irvin
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 103 Mins
Official Website: http://www.ghostmonthmovie.com/
“Ghost Month” is a horror film that I’ve been looking forward to for a while, as I’m a fan Danny Draven’s work. He has directed such horror films such as, Horrorvision, Hell Asylum, and Deathbed for Full Moon Features. Now he’s branching out on his own with Ghost Month.
The film is about a housekeeper, who is trying to escape from her ex-boyfriend. She takes a gig at a remote southwestern home with a couple of Chinese women. But she realizes that the seventh month of every year, spirits from the dead walk among the living. During the time rules must be followed, in order for the spirits not to harm you.
Not believing in those rules, the housekeeping ignores the warnings. Soon, she begins having nightmares of people, who have died in the house. Now, in order for these nightmares and the haunting to stop, she must find out what happened in the house before they take her soul.
Ghost Month is a suspenseful and creepy ghost story. The reason why this was effective was Danny Draven’s direction. This is most mature and most disciplined effort yet. The production level looked very professional. He does a very good job making the atmosphere very dark. Draven doesn’t let up with the creepiness this film has, as it helps make the story suspenseful. He also does a very good job making sure that darkness that surrounds this film stay throughout. It keeps the viewer’s interest in the story. Draven also does a good job making all the performances mysterious. By doing that, it keeps the mystery going and provides suspenseful moments. He also does a great job directing his two main actresses, Marina Resa and Shirley To. He gets the best out of his actresses, as they brought a lot to their roles. They did a very good job bringing the personalities that were needed for their characters. It makes you interested in them and it makes you enjoy the movie more.
Draven’s screenplay is very dark and suspenseful. One of the things that he does well is to create a story, where it’s creepy and the action is suspenseful. That makes for an entertaining film. He also does a good job with the subplot with the psycho boyfriend. I liked how that was secondary to everything that was going on, as it didn’t take away from the main plot. That subplot could have taken over the film, but Draven smartly doesn’t spend a lot of time with it. That doesn’t lose focus with the film’s main plot and it doesn’t turn this into a slasher film. Another thing that I liked was the way that Draven created the characters, especially with the main character. I liked how the character was created with an innocence like feel to her. It makes the character very likeable and makes you want to root for her.
Fans of “The Grudge” and Japanese ghost films will enjoy this. “Ghost Month” is a suspenseful film that will leave you chills.
Review Rating: Five Stars
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