The Definitive Guide to Living in the Capital , Cairo , Egypt

At the very beginning of the film, we are introduced to the ‘Charles Experiment’, where a group of elderly people sit around a table calling on an entity by the name of Charles.  Who Charles is or what they want with him is not clear. Fast-forward a few decades later: a group of four college students decide to relive the same experience. However, this time around, several hi-tech gadgets are brought into play.

Seconds into the experiment, things go terribly wrong when an unknown force appears and sucks away two of the students. The story then abruptly slows down and turns its attention to a young couple, Kelly (Greene) and Ben (Stan), who have just moved to the suburbs, into a home owned by Kelly’s parents. They soon start noticing strange sounds and creeks around the house, leading them to believe that the place is haunted.

There is a connection between the first and second part of the film, which brings Ben’s college buddy Patrick (Felton) back into the picture after the initial experiment. A couple of subtle twists and turns to the story reveal a secret that Ben has been keeping from his girlfriend and the results of the parapsychology experiment conducted in college some time ago. The trio join forces in an attempt to get rid of the presence that’s been haunting them and feeding on their fears – allegedly. 

Making his directorial debut, Todd Lincoln manages to give us the most trashy and shocking piece of cinematography. This en vogue era of ‘paranormal’ has never really shown any potential or quality in the past and The Apparition is the living proof that the stories like these should just be left alone.