Went in with an open mind with this one...i will say now that I am not a 14 year old who would be scared of something on the kiddies channel..I am a fully grown up with 50 years of movie watching under my belt. EVERYTHING about this movie is wrong and it would mean me going on for 20 paragraphs like some reviewers to explain them all...but here is a few..
PLOT! wrong and insipid
ACTING..wrong and wooden
DIRECTION..wrong and lazy
CINEMATOGRAPHY..wrong and boring
Cliché COUNT..wrong and too much..sewn up mouths..rolling eyes..ouija boards..nice vicars...cursed children..all seen a million times before in a million movies..the list goes on..
Also I had a slight uneasy feeling about the director and his choice of camera work concerning the 2 young girls..found it a tad disturbing at times..
This movie puts horror back about 50 years...nothing made any sense and some parts were silly beyond words..
Of course there was a few daft teenagers jumping in the theatre but thats never a good sign for true horror fans.
Put this up with last years excellent " Babadook" and the difference is big as it gets...strangely enough I would compel you to see it as it is an education in how not to mess about with a century old genre! I will not...WILL NOT ..be going to the next 2 sequels...not even if you paid me.
TRASH!!
PLOT! wrong and insipid
ACTING..wrong and wooden
DIRECTION..wrong and lazy
CINEMATOGRAPHY..wrong and boring
Cliché COUNT..wrong and too much..sewn up mouths..rolling eyes..ouija boards..nice vicars...cursed children..all seen a million times before in a million movies..the list goes on..
Also I had a slight uneasy feeling about the director and his choice of camera work concerning the 2 young girls..found it a tad disturbing at times..
This movie puts horror back about 50 years...nothing made any sense and some parts were silly beyond words..
Of course there was a few daft teenagers jumping in the theatre but thats never a good sign for true horror fans.
Put this up with last years excellent " Babadook" and the difference is big as it gets...strangely enough I would compel you to see it as it is an education in how not to mess about with a century old genre! I will not...WILL NOT ..be going to the next 2 sequels...not even if you paid me.
TRASH!!