This movie is nothing that you haven't seen before. It's a story about a haunted Mansion out in the countryside. It jumps right into the plot fairly quickly. It has a lot of completely cliche horror story tropes.
The anomic teen daughter. The persevering momma bear who is determined to solve the mystery. The moron kid that keeps playing video games and is stuck standing out in the cold waiting for mom to pick him up late at school again. The useless dad that laughs at the idea the house is haunted. A trip to see the previous owner who is disturbed in a wheel-chair in a nursing home who 'she doesn't talk much' who then explains everything to mom. The expert who mom takes her tale to...who explains the back story of occult happening to her.
So, there is 100% nothing new in this story. Yet...if you like horror movies, there is nothing to complain about. All the acting is fine. The direction is pretty tight. The music is overdone and for the first 2/3rds of the movie...dramatic pulsating music is used to induce horror in you...and then nothing much happens.
But...the finish is pretty strong when it gets there. The evil is explained and mostly makes sense, and the ending is a classic horror story ending.
For the most part I enjoyed this movie. Its a comfortable solid effort that takes you back to movies you've seen before, but it still is fun to watch.
The anomic teen daughter. The persevering momma bear who is determined to solve the mystery. The moron kid that keeps playing video games and is stuck standing out in the cold waiting for mom to pick him up late at school again. The useless dad that laughs at the idea the house is haunted. A trip to see the previous owner who is disturbed in a wheel-chair in a nursing home who 'she doesn't talk much' who then explains everything to mom. The expert who mom takes her tale to...who explains the back story of occult happening to her.
So, there is 100% nothing new in this story. Yet...if you like horror movies, there is nothing to complain about. All the acting is fine. The direction is pretty tight. The music is overdone and for the first 2/3rds of the movie...dramatic pulsating music is used to induce horror in you...and then nothing much happens.
But...the finish is pretty strong when it gets there. The evil is explained and mostly makes sense, and the ending is a classic horror story ending.
For the most part I enjoyed this movie. Its a comfortable solid effort that takes you back to movies you've seen before, but it still is fun to watch.
