Water Horse – Movie Review
First Reaction – Water Horse is trying to do too much with a simple idea and gets lost in between the story.
Director: Jennifer Van Gessel
Writer: Jennifer Van Gessel (Screenplay)
Cast
- Lauren Grimson
- Dean Kyrwood
- Jessica Tovey
- Socratis Otto
- Barbara Bingham
Plot: A paranormal investigator links a bizarre string of seemingly unrelated events to the disappearance of her mother.
Runtime: 1 Hour 25 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Water Horse starts when paranormal investigator Dianne Wilson (Grimson) leads a team to investigate the disappearance of her mother. Osmond (Kyrwood) joins the team, but things spiral out of control. Detective Suzanne Lee (Tovey) leads a criminal case into what happened between the team.
As the case gets more deeper, Dianne’s past has an unusual connection to what happened. Meanwhile, we jump between the paranormal and criminal case to uncover the truth.
Verdict on Water Horse
Recap
The movie follows a paranormal investigation as they search for the history behind a missing person case. However, it begins taking a strange twist and a criminal investigation gets involved in how they are conducting themselves.
Best Parts
The bigger mystery is interesting and has a series of disturbing factors around it. It does keep us guessing to the truth nicely.
Worst Parts
This does fall into the more traditional found footage genre, but the problem is that it goes for an over-the-top amount of twists and turns. It struggles to pull us in and commit hard enough to the found footage or paranormal potential real incidents. Overall, it gets caught up trying to do too much.
Where to Watch
Water Horse (VOD Release 3/17/26)
Final Thoughts – Water Horse tries to do too much for a simpler idea.
