Movie Review: Capture (2026)

Capture Movie Review by Matt Boiselle 

Capture: Directed by Bruce Wemple and starring Kaitlyn Lunardi, Cedric Gegel, Chris Cimperman and Grant Schumacher

Synopsis: After the inheritance of her parent’s home, a woman comes across a box of their old videotapes and a camcorder which will unleash a terror inside of the house that has been kept dormant for years.

Review:

I’ll tell you what – with each passing horror movie that I lay eyes upon that has to do with a haunted videotape or some other kind of recording device, all it does is make make me want to shed the offending equipment and live among the squirrels out in the woods somewhere, devoid of the trappings of modern (and antiquated) technology. It’s a combination of self-preservation and simply not wanting to get sucked into some kind of phantom zone where I’ll live out the remainder of my wretched afterlife as a speck on someone else’s GoPro as they’re recording the family’s annual ski trip in Aspen. Okay, now that I’ve got my mindless ramble out of the way, let’s wash off the autopsy table and prepare for the next dissection of film, which is from Director Bruce Wemple: “Capture”.

The movie centers around Abby (Lunardi), a woman who apparently has garnered the reputation of a lady who likes to sleep around and isn’t afraid to capitalize upon an opportunity, legal or otherwise. Her checkered past has finally led her back to connect with her foster brother Steve (Gegel), and the newly-acquired home of her biological parents, located on the far end of town. Being the (ahem) “enterprising” soul that she is, Abby’s short term goal is to hole up in the house for a spell, then attempt to sell it off for some much-needed money – however, as they say that old homes can hold old ghosts, none is more the truer than in this case, and it’ll begin to show its creepy face before long. According to the town locals, Abby’s father was relatively heavy into the ol’ black magic, resulting in the deaths of a baker’s dozen of victims, including his wife and child…now how’s that for a family dynamic? Now with the finding of an old camcorder and extensive box of recorded videotapes, Abby’s curiosity may just be her undoing, because with each subsequent viewing of each tape, the eerie settings in the home begin to not only manifest themselves on the recordings, but in real life as well.

What works here in Wemple’s presentation isn’t necessarily the scares themselves, as the majority come off as simplistic, but it’s the reactions that are drawn from them, with more unsettling responses from Abby and the surrounding cast giving the audience the impression that real terror is afoot. Also the addition of the low-lighting aspect within the film’s shooting adds to the scares – this comes off much more like a haunted house film than you’d think, and with the kick-in-the-keester ending that’s supplied, “Capture” is a movie that I’d be more than happy to visit again – the film, certainly not the house – just wanted to clear that one up.

“Capture” releases on March 15th.