I am actually speechless. I can't recall the last time a film tagged "Horror" succeeded in being so utterly unsatisfying and plain boring. Reading some other reviews I've realized that perhaps "I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House" has a certain Gothic charm to it, sort of a Classical short-story come to life, but I personally wanted to watch a scary film, not complete a literature assignment.
The acting is good I guess, for the shallow deliberately criptic characters (who do little to salvage this film from having confusion its sole effect, and not a confusion resulting from clever sophistication, but bred from a total mess and lack of ligic). The narration is quite impressive, sort of like a Poe tribute combined with early 20th century ghost stories, in which the assumed very existence of ghosts and their presence in a home was the epitome of fear. This is the 21st century and I personally require more than that.
Seeing as how I've just spent 90 minutes watching this film waiting for something, anything, preferably an answer (even an implied one) to one of the many questions posed by the long, overbearing build-up. Did I say build-up? My mistake, as the term implies a conclusion, something at least mildly exciting to conclude the events and tie the hidden hints together. Here? No conclusion, no events, no logic, barely any story and nothing to make me personally feel like I've chosen the right film to watch.
If you're an academic looking for an interesting analysis - look no further. But if like me you're simply a Horror enthusiast looking for a scary film - look elsewhere. Anywhere. I have work tomorrow, I need to go get some sleep and I can't put into words the utter disappointment I feel having wasted my time on this film.
The acting is good I guess, for the shallow deliberately criptic characters (who do little to salvage this film from having confusion its sole effect, and not a confusion resulting from clever sophistication, but bred from a total mess and lack of ligic). The narration is quite impressive, sort of like a Poe tribute combined with early 20th century ghost stories, in which the assumed very existence of ghosts and their presence in a home was the epitome of fear. This is the 21st century and I personally require more than that.
Seeing as how I've just spent 90 minutes watching this film waiting for something, anything, preferably an answer (even an implied one) to one of the many questions posed by the long, overbearing build-up. Did I say build-up? My mistake, as the term implies a conclusion, something at least mildly exciting to conclude the events and tie the hidden hints together. Here? No conclusion, no events, no logic, barely any story and nothing to make me personally feel like I've chosen the right film to watch.
If you're an academic looking for an interesting analysis - look no further. But if like me you're simply a Horror enthusiast looking for a scary film - look elsewhere. Anywhere. I have work tomorrow, I need to go get some sleep and I can't put into words the utter disappointment I feel having wasted my time on this film.