Good old fashion horror

Rating: 7/10 (24 May 2014)

The Lambert family has moved into a house with a dark spirit lurking within. Josh (Patrick Wilson) and Renai (Rose Byrne) have 3 kids. Their boy Dalton has an accident falling through a ladder in the attic. He hits his head and falls into a mysterious coma overnight. Three months later and he is back home but still in a coma. There are strange voices over the baby monitor. The younger boy Foster is scared of Dalton walking around late at night. Strange things keep happening. They move but the haunting follows them to the new house. Grandma Lorraine Lambert (Barbara Hershey) brings in Specs and Tucker and Elise to find the cause.
This is a nice solid little horror using all the classic haunted house effects and possession/ghost story elements. It is a lot of old school filmmaking from horror specialist director James Wan. The performance are all solid anchored by Rose Byrne who plays a compelling young mother. The characters are certainly real enough that I didn't ask why they don't just move. These people actually moved. This is good old fashion horror.