Film Review – Bethany

“Bethany” is a horror film, and while it’s filled with blood and ghoulish images, its most shocking visual is the casting of Tom Green in a supporting role. The habitual prankster and comedian who shot to fame in the 1990s, Green is normally associated with broad antics and extreme repetition, exploring the limits of anti-comedy, and then going beyond them for indulgent emphasis. However, Green plays it mostly straight in “Bethany,” which strives to execute a macabre ghost story featuring a haunted house and a tortured soul. Thankfully, there’s more to the effort than Green, who’s an odd presence in an otherwise mildly effective B-movie, with co-writer/director James Cullen Bressack cooking up a proper chiller after an extended introduction. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com