I had high hopes for this movie. Everyone I know that had seen it said it was "genuinely scary", unlike the mountains of scary movies that have been made in recent years. From the trailer I gathered it was a similar story to Paranormal Activity, but with more action and fright bits. Can't go wrong there, right?
Well, going with my two girl friends, we were shaking going into the cinema to begin with expecting to be traumatized going home that night. For the first 20 minutes we were totally on edge, holding onto each other waiting for the scary bits to embarrass ourselves with chilling screams. Those scary bits never came. Thirty minutes in and still not a notion of a shock scene. There were moments we thought something would happen and braced ourselves, but those moments passed with no action. This was most likely intended in order to build suspense as those movie makers love to do, but I'll tell you it was damn annoying.
However many minutes in(a good aul few) the scary parts began. Now, this portion of the film was.....grand. Nothing spectacularly terrifying, but enough to make us scream to the point of the cinema erupting in laughter. It had the jump factor, but as for the content itself.....well, it was a bit cheesey to be perfectly honest. The further into the movie we went, the more ridiculous it seemed to be becoming. I can't say too much without ruining the plot(and I HATE when movie reviewers ruin the plot), but let's just say the ghosties weren't entirely believable as far as ghosties go. Don't get me wrong, there were some scary monsters to make you scream and freak you out, but I was able to turn the lights out and sleep like a baby when I went home.
When it reached the climactic sequence, it just turned into a ridiculously far-fetched movie. It was laughable to be perfectly honest, the ending COMPLETELY let the movie itself down. It had such potential but was let down by an overactive imagination within the script writers who wanted to turn the ending into a movie akin to "Are you Afraid of the Dark". Once again, I can't say much without ruining the film, but trust me when I say it veered onto the ridiculously far-fetched and cheesey route.
Cool points: Funny ghost busters, jump tactics, suspense, hearing all the girlies scream in the cinema.
Fool points: Far fetched plot, unoriginal, crap ending, misleading us into thinking the child would have a lot of action(he had very few lines throughout), inability to make me leave the lights on.
Would I recommend going to see this movie?
Well, it depends on what you're looking for. My friends and myself had a nice night out and laughed about our girlish screams and the hilarity of the ending on the way home. If it's for entertainment you're going, and want something to laugh about, I say belt away.
But if you want a profound horror movie, rent a classic and stay at home.
Love as always,
Aila Maritz xox
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