The most respectable horror movie so far this century

Rating: 10/10 (6 September 2013)

If you, like me, are a fan of the old ways, you should not be disappointed by this movie. Usually when there's a new horror movie the conditions for being scared are nullified from the get-go because of all the irritating traits like "young people who speak in the latest cool way of speaking" and special effects/monsters that could be deemed "wild and crazy". Or, if they're going for a more subtle feel it usually ends up like a goth rock music video or a new age medium TV show.
The somewhat young couple in this movie thankfully act a bit older than they are (at least by today's standards) and help the movie maintain a bit of, if you could use such a word today, "solemnity". It's amazing that it can be combined with the movie actually being really over-the- top in some departments. It's just done with that 70s/80s Italian style, in some way, where you could freak out with themes and still maintain respectability. Mixed with the Asian style of the 90s and early 00s (Ringu etc) where horror is so much magnified due to the down-to-earth tone and lack of Hollywood modernness.