Im not overly familiar with Guillermo Del Toro but from what i hear his work is usually extremely dark and atmospheric, and after watching this movie i see how this fits that description perfectly. The story is a remake of an old British TV movie which i haven't seen but would love too, I'm sure it is excellent, much like this remake.
The horror elements are quite a bit different, instead of just being ghosts in the eerily dark and foreboding house its something else, which i wont say because if you're reading this review you are probably going to watch the movie and i will let you find out for yourself, i will say that they are genuinely creepy little horrors.
The acting in very good in this film, Bailee Madison is easily this generations Dakota Fanning, each movie i see this little dynamite actress in she is better and better, and Katie Holmes is also quite impressive as the woman who is desperately trying to help this poor disturbed child.
One thing that is great about the film is it's extremely dark ending, it could have gone for something cliché and cheesy but instead goes for something very intriguing and different.
So if you enjoy dark, dreary and cold films which are out of the norm for the horror genre, this one is for you... Exceptional. :)
The horror elements are quite a bit different, instead of just being ghosts in the eerily dark and foreboding house its something else, which i wont say because if you're reading this review you are probably going to watch the movie and i will let you find out for yourself, i will say that they are genuinely creepy little horrors.
The acting in very good in this film, Bailee Madison is easily this generations Dakota Fanning, each movie i see this little dynamite actress in she is better and better, and Katie Holmes is also quite impressive as the woman who is desperately trying to help this poor disturbed child.
One thing that is great about the film is it's extremely dark ending, it could have gone for something cliché and cheesy but instead goes for something very intriguing and different.
So if you enjoy dark, dreary and cold films which are out of the norm for the horror genre, this one is for you... Exceptional. :)