In this straight horror film, we see a very normal family comprised of a man, his wife and their three children moving into a new house. Expectedly the house is old and beautiful. Things begin to get strange and scary right away when one of the young boys will not wake up one morning and while he is in a comatose state, his mother begins to see strange things happen around the house. Can they save the boy before he is lost forever?
I found this film quite scary, which is somewhat rare for me. Like most horror films, however, this film starts well, builds up momentum, and then poops out at the end. Although this film relies heavily on cheap scares, it does a good job at it, and some of the visuals are very effective. I liked the fact that this film takes the safety away from the daylight and makes it a place for horror as much as the night. After that, however, there’s really not much more good news. The acting is not good and the story is not very original, but hey, by and large horror flicks have not exactly been paragons of film originality and quality, they are just for fun!
My opinion in a nutshell:
Entertainment: 7- This is a very fun movie. I would have really liked to see a better ending, it felt like they wanted to take Poltergeist to the next level, but the old horror rule rears its ugly head, “Never show the monster completely because it will always be a disappointment.”
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