Sometimes your worst enemy is yourself

Rating: 8/10 (24 June 2007)

I remember reading a quote that made me smirk and it went something like this: "You'll be paying 8 bucks for your seat when you only need the edge!" This was one of those movies, and I consider it a gem among contemporary horror flicks. As a sucker for composition, I have to gush about the cinematography of the film as almost every shot and bit of camera work succeeded to build up tormenting suspense and famous "oh crap" moments. One of the things that helped in making this movie so damn scary was the character of Mike Enslin and his role in the film. We see that he is completely skeptical of the paranormal yet we also get an in depth glimpse into his curiosity for the afterlife. He isn't just a character who is unexpecting and reacts in horror to everything; We expect to see something because he is always waiting for something strange, and we become skeptical through his humor... which eventually leads us, the audience, into a position of vulnerability. This is a story that uses every part of the buffalo and looks beyond the cheap thrills and scary monsters and examines every opportunity to share a character's dimensions and bring it to life in the form of terror, and also utilizes other events we deem at first as insignificant in order to amplify the absolute sense of dread and inner turmoil.
The trailer was TERRIBLY misleading.