The Empty Acre (2007)

• Year: 2007
• Released: N/A
• Country: United States
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• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770745/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_empty_acre
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• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: Not Rated
• Genre: Horror
• Runtime: 103 min
• Writer: Patrick Rea
• Director: Patrick Rea
• Cast: Jennifer Plas, John Wilson, Robert Paisley
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	4.0/10
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The Empty Acre Storyline

Set in rural, Kansas, “The Empty Acre” is a dramatic horror film about an unseen force that feeds on a small farming community. The invisible entity reaches out from a lifeless acre of land on a young farm couple’s property. One late summer night, the unsuspecting couple’s baby is taken by the ominous being.—Anonymous

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At Least They Attempted Something

When watching no budget, or extremely low budget, genre films one should expect to see a film that’s rough around the edges, that is severely limited in what it can accomplish visually, and that must rely on actors who are not as experienced or as talented as they are simply enthusiastic and willing. One must overlook these flaws – to some degree – and instead focus on what the filmmakers attempt DESPITE the limitations. Most filmmakers seemingly never even try, or don’t care, or perhaps just lack the talent to achieve anything other than “getting it done”. The Empty Acre falls squarely in that rare category of a film that struggles to be a serious contender. There is thought and intent and a certain level of creativity behind the choices and the decisions the writer/director made (I absolutely loved the use of simple elongated shadow effects) and I have to applaud those while at the same time acknowledging that the film stumbles and fails on many levels regardless. If you are willing to cut it some slack and give it a chance the film rewards with an interesting premise, some effective visuals, and actors who are valiantly giving their best. Sadly the premise is never developed effectively. The screenplay is structured in such a fashion that huge parts of it seem to be missing (like the entire introduction to the “empty acre”). Characters don’t always communicate like believable human beings in the situations they find themselves in. Even in scenes that are meant to establish the more mundane or unexceptional nature of the characters lives, they should still be interesting and insightful; unfortunately it feels like once the writer knew he wanted such a scene (which is brave enough in a genre film) he had no idea how to add the interest or insight. The scene just exists. Too much of the film just “sits there” in the execution. And there is an over reliance on editing tricks which might have been necessitated by problems during shooting or with the quality of finished scenes, but ultimately becomes simply distracting and pushes the audience away from the film instead of bringing them in to it. Yes, it can be wonderful all the tools available to the digital editor, but that doesn’t mean you have to use them all at the same time. And despite all the editing, editing, editing going on the films pace is poor from the outset and endlessly cutting to overused footage of cracked earth doesn’t help in the least. Once or twice is eerie but by the three thousandth time it’s simply boring and feels like visual padding. Although it never fulfilled on it’s promise, and on several occasions was a struggle to get through, I still think it’s worthwhile watching the product of filmmakers who are at least trying to create something original regardless of their limitations. With a better developed script (and a less “everything-but-the-kitchen-sink” approach to editing) I wouldn’t mind seeing what the filmmaker could accomplish in the future.

this is just the movies for the hill billies

as an inspiring director myself, this movie was exciting to watch with criticism in mind. Shot with low end digital camera probably with 35mm adapter for DOF. The editing is good acting decent, sound effects aren’t too over the top. I would have give it a 7 for an indie film, but the story aren’t that interesting. It’s more on the drama side, character developments than a horror flick.

It’s not for those who wants to get spooked startled frightened grossed out, or sit down with popcorn to just enjoy.

honestly this movie would be good if we were still in the 50’s

This movie is about a family who has a dry field, and that is just that.

This was well done using what they had.

You have to give these guys a break, if you want big budget horror watch one of the million dollar Hollywood movies, these are young guys trying to make it in one of the toughest industries. As a filmmaker myself i can tell you this is well edited, the acting is pretty good, he created good depth of field using a pro-sumer camera and he knew that keeping the angles tight is important when using a camera like the DVX100 as the resolution on these small cameras tends to break up when put to the big screen. I can tell you he does know how to make movies.All famous filmmakers have humble beginnings.The only thing i would say all things considered is that it is a bit too long. If you are an aspiring filmmaker i recommend watching this.