It's like lemonade. Little substance.

Were it not for the annoying sickening gore, it would be something to leave on in the background and occasionally glance up at.

With the gore you can't even do that.

Not once does it make you feel horrified, terrified, or thrilled in any way, and it doesn't grip you with intrigue, characters, or plot. You feel calm and occasionally disgusted. If the genre was called "disgust" instead of "horror" it would make sense. This way however, it's just not well made. If you want to watch gore go look at a slaughterhouse.

The cinematography is basic, the acting ok, the audio between irritating and incomprehensible. At one point a character repeatedly calls out for "tony". And i could have sworn it was "charlie"

It got 4 stars, because while it is nauseating and pointless, it isn't actively evil and damaging, and the plot is actually somewhat interesting.

I didn't know anything about The Well before watching. I expected a very low-effort, straight-to-streaming horror movie that would be instantly forgettable. As it turned out, I was surprised at how much this film had going on.

First of all, I thought the story was plotted better than the average direct-to-video dissapointment. It mostly follows the main character, Lisa, who has a difficult task to complete. She's basically being haunted while staying in a mansion where she has an important job to finish. Even though she has some distressing experiences, we are given a good reason why she can't just up and leave. The movie also cuts back and forth between another set of characters who are being held captive, and for most of the movie, I was worried that the two plotlines might not fully interesect. However, everything eventually ties together, and we get a full resolution to all of the different elements that the movie introduced. That doesn't always happen in low-budget films. However, just because we aren't left hanging doesn't mean the story is necessarily all that great. I think a better director could have made something people would remember and tell others about. Even so, The Well is worth a watch if you're in the mood for a briskly paced supernatural horror film--as long as you aren't expecting anything above average.

OK, not the best acting but who cares? You don't go into a film like this expecting Oscar worthy performances. It's a good fun, gore fest of a movie. Yes the plot has a thousand holes in it, yes you can see where it's going and often predictable. I've rated this film 5 stars but I would've liked to give it a solid 8 but can't - It was released too late for that. If it came out in the 80s we'd have a real classic on our hands here because you can forgive older films for having pretty corny SFX. You expect that but in today's movie world you just can't get away with holding a spear under your arm trying to make it look like it's stuck in your abdomen. Kudos to the creators though for mostly working with old style gore and effects and very little CGI (which was pretty bad).

It's a very watchable film, have a laugh, let your toes curl and just go with it. Pretend it's an old film and you'll enjoy it. Go into this expecting a masterclass by today's standards and you'll be bitterly disappointed.