Scream Out Loud Scary

Rating: 7/10 (7 September 2007)

I only actually went to see this film because there was nothing else to do and not much else on. However, I actually really enjoyed it!
I've never read or watched Stephen King before and I have to admit, I was pretty scared from the outset. By about half an hour in, I was ready to leave! I'm not very good with horror films and this one is genuinely scary.
This is definitely a film to go and see with someone you like. I went with my boyfriend, who by the end had both his arms around me to stop me dying of fear/running away/hiding under the seat.
John Cusack is most impressive as the disillusioned ghost-hunter. I would have liked to see more of Samuel L Jackson, but I thought John Cusack was amazing in managing to carry the whole film almost by himself.
This isn't tame horror in the least. I was glad that it was an inanimate object that held all the terror, otherwise I think I would have had to sleep with the lights on! Watch out for the heating vents though... *shudder*