Noisy movie

Rating: 3/10 (15 October 2009)

I read good comments about this movie and thought I'd give it a try. I've heard of Sam Raimi and thought he was an esteemed director. But after watching this movie, I was so disappointed. I kept watching, hoping it'd get better...it does not.
This movie has several points where they use loud music to scare you; you know, the type where they pan quickly to a scary face and play a one second chime really loud to get you to jump, similar to those screensaver pranks where you navigate through a maze and then the scary picture pops up on the screen with a loud "boo" type chime. Yes it scares you but, at least to me, it's the low-blow of scare effects in a horror movie. So cheap...
Another cheap shot scare tactic over-used in this movie is the gross out slime effect. How many times is the old hag going to throw up or spit goo into Lohman's character's mouth? Boring...
The writers and directors of this movie really should go back to school and learn how to make good horror. These are really kindergarten scare tactics and special effects. I can't believe they allow this kind of garbage to get made in Hollywood and this just adds more proof that Hollywood cannot produce quality horror.
I will say that the acting in this movie, for the most part, is good (except the graveyard scene toward the end; Lohman just is not convincing as a now-enraged and empowered heroine). Another good thing is Lohman herself...she's at least semi-cute.