"Paranormal" is rich and compelling..compelling... about as rich and compelling as a rectal carbunkle. The dork playing the struggling writer could only be described as a poor man's Steve Railsback, and I mean a very poor man's Steve Railsback. At one point in the movie, this character is over the moon enthused about the "perfect gift" that he'd gotten his wife. He's hysterically giddy about this wonderful, monumental token of his abiding adoration of and for her. What is this unparalleled gift, you may ask?

It's a key chain. Yes, a key chain, the quintessential expression of love and undying affection.

When his wife seems less than overwhelmed by this tremendous gift, our hero just doesn't understand why she doesn't just run upstairs, strip all of her clothes off, and hump his brains out.

As if the imbecile main character isn't bad enough, we also have "Chris", who is supposed to be a hugely popular social media superstar. Chris is snarky, arrogant, snide, and utterly convinced that he's God's gift to everyone and everything. Chris just loves him some Chris, and he's pretty damned sure that everyone else loves him as much as he loves himself.

This movie is poorly written, poorly directed, and atrociously acted. To describe it as a micro-budget indie is too generous on a galactic scale. There isn't a likeable character in the bunch, but the "actors" playing the dim-witted struggling writer and the ultimate a-hole Chris are particularly loathsome. I turned this rancid turd off after 15 minutes.

I'm pretty good with bad movies. But the cohesion of this film is horrible. I get weirdness. This was just poorly done. I thought I was watching different films or mistakenly turned on another film. I'm good with low budget or bad acting, but there has to be organization.

If you have had to write anything in your life, you can relate to the frustration of writers block and the lengths one will go to find inspiration. This is the case with the main character of this film, however, we don't all find ourselves in the middle of a paranormal investigation and getting way more than we bargained for. This film has one important lesson to be learned by all: A ghost hunting team is not exactly the cure for writers block and should be the last place you search for inspiration. If you need to be reminded of this important life-lesson, then this film is for you.