Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Scaler, Dark Spirit’

Written by Scott Edwards

How far would you go to find out the truth? It is a good question to ask yourself sometimes when you are watching the news these days, since some reporters take the easy route and only report on a little bit of the story and leave the rest up for you to decide. Do you want to know more, do you want to know the entire story, do you need to know? If the answer is yes, then make sure to make your voice heard and it is very simple to do these days with social media blowing up. There is nothing wrong with calling out reporters for not doing their jobs, but when you do, give them some constructive feedback because saying ‘You Suck’ does not work out very well as we have seen in Colorado, as we have some feisty reporters.
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Finishing up her latest piece and sending it into her editor, Jessica Lake is surprised to hear back from him so soon as she was just getting her bath on. Listening to her next assignment about a ghost hunt that has gone wrong, she is up for the challenge. Loving the ghost stories that she has done in the past and getting some awards for them, she may be right for the job, but is the job right for her?

Meeting with the ghost hunter Justin, Jessica can see that he is physically shaken about his experience. Passing on the tape from the trip to the reporter, Justin warns that there is evil hidden in the footage, but needing to do her job, Jessica will have to watch it one way or another. Plugging in the drive to her laptop, Jessica watches the start of the tape featuring Justin, Haley and Aaron breaking into the catacombs under an abandoned church. As the group is ready to try and find a ghost, Aaron has his heart set on finding an altar for the Scaler, a fallen angel that has been banished to earth. With all of his research pointing to this location, he is positive that they will find something in the darkness, but what they find will change their lives forever.

Only watching the footage a little bit at a time, Jessica is more focused on getting the information for her story. As her reporter gene kicks in, she first gives Aaron’s grandfather a visit to find out what he knows about this Scaler character. Looking through Aaron’s notes and laptop, Jessica is turned to the ghost hunter’s old professor who is able to shine a little bit more light on the situation that she has gotten herself into. But no real answers are making their way to the reporter, at least not ones that she will be able to use in the article. Being able to talk to the Priest that turned Aaron on to the ghost hunt, Jessica sees that this Scaler is something real, but will she be able to fight it off if when she discovers that true evil resides on Earth?

One thing that I took away from this movie is that if you are looking for something that is referred to as a ‘fallen angel’, that is a demon and don’t invite it into your life. With how smart Aaron seemed to be and with all of his research on the subject of the Scaler, he could not put all of that together, he was just so obsessed with the creature. I liked the scenes in the catacombs with the group starting to be harassed by the spirit who only wanted to make itself known to them, it was actually like a ghost hunt I attended years ago. Also watching as the spirit somehow locked on to Jessica as she was getting information for her story was pretty awesome, and thanks to the tiny events that were always getting bigger, she did not seem to know if they were real or if she was going crazy. With a ghost hunt, some religion, a demon, a freaky priest, a mystery unlocked and too much dust, the overall story is great and while I have some problems with the characters, it just means that the movie makers and actors got it right. Stay Scared.

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