Blu-ray Review – The Pact

Writer/director Brad Sykes goes the shot-on-video route with "The Pact," which was created in 1995 and released in 2013. It's a ghost story in a way, with the tale examining a young woman's experience with an inherited house, trying to learn more about its previous inhabitant and her own family history with the property. Sykes isn't too ambitious with the endeavor, aiming to keep things modest in terms of story and scares. There are technical limitations as well, with the push to be spooky greatly diminished by the severely limited look of the movie, which resembles a student project. "The Pact" isn't frightening, but worse, it's not interesting, as Sykes is simply trying to put the effort together, not refine it in any way, leading to a glacial viewing experience. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com