The Ghost of Jim Bray (2025) Review

Synopsis

A skeptic husband stays behind in his family home to prove it isn’t haunted after his wife and child move out, and armed with cameras, he documents his investigation, only to uncover the tragic, unsolved murder of the house’s former resident, Jim Bray.

Good Points

• The lead performance by the director Michael Keane works well, and was better than it normally is when a director also stars in the movie
  
  
• The single-location setup helps it stay very focused instead of feeling too scattered
  
  
• The simplicity makes it easy to follow without needing to keep track of multiple things going on
  
  
• It keeps a consistent tone throughout, so nothing really feels out of place or random like in a lot of found footage films.
  
  
• There’s a bit of charm in how direct it is, like it knows exactly what it is and doesn’t try to fake anything bigger
  
  
• The lack of over-editing or flashy presentation was very welcome
  
  
• I enjoyed the ending, which wraps it all up well enough

Bad Points

• The production and visuals are very basic, and you can feel the limitations in almost every scene, which is to be expected of course for a low budget film, but it is still very noticeable
  
  
• The pacing is very slow and doesn’t really change gear
  
  
• Not much variation in how scenes are presented, so it can feel a bit repetitive at times
  
  
• The horror elements are probably a bit too subtle
  
  
• The overall intensity level rarely rises beyond a low baseline
  
  
• Nothing particularly stands out from anything that happens

Final Verdict on The Ghost of Jim Bray

It’s a very stripped-back horror film that sticks closely to its limitations and doesn’t really try to go beyond them, which keeps it consistent, but also means it stays fairly basic from start to finish.

But it was fine for a low budget effort.

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