A genuinely scary horror film

Rating: 6/10 (30 April 2011)

how often does a film come along that is Actually scary? so many films try, yet all they end up offering is a couple of jumps and maybe a bit of gore. So films now days maybe 'jumpy' and disgusting, making you want to turn your head away, but it's not the same as being actually scared.
There have been moments, the end of 'the ring' (original) being a stand out moment. But Insidious really did do the job.
OK i was alone, at night, with the lights out. Which helps. but the first hour of the film might well be my favourite hour of horror film ever. it's a shame it kind of turns in a circus (although an extremely frightening one) towards the end, it all of a sudden became like a weird comedy.
But i think this is the intention. It's everything i had hoped 'drag me to hell' would be, straight out of the 80's, as cheesy as ever, but very scary.
watch this film if you like horror films and have been looking for one to scare you as much as 'nightmare on elm street' did when you were a child. (or maybe that's just me).
Don't take it too serious tho, you MIGHT find a few holes in the plot...