Genuinely creepy but ultimately disappointing

Rating: 4/10 (8 June 2018)

I'll be honest - I saw the trailer and was blown away. I jumped on a tram as soon as I could to head in to the city to watch what I thought would be a film setting a new benchmark in horror. Well some of the reviews described it in the same league as The Exorcist. And the majority of the movie reminded me of 'the turn of the screw' ie as the tension tightened and tightened. But while most of the movie was genuinely creepy, I was so disappointed w the last half hour. It turned from creepy to verging on ridiculous. As another reviewer has written, I suspect that the writers ran out of ideas and didn't know how to wrap it all up. While I applaud the creators of this movie for having some very creepy moments .......and not resorting to the cliched scarey 'moves' that ended up ruining the 'Paranormal Activity' series ie knives falling from the air (yawn), cupboards opening with a bang all at the same time (yawn) or other horror movies that have a doll or dolls in a rocking chair (yawn) or a toy rolls into an emptyroom only to be pushed back out by some unseen force (yawn) - yes good on them for not resorting to a number of tired cliches. But the last half hour and ending were SO disappointing. I guess I will take the tram back home and wait for another movie to redefine the horror genre.