Extremely flawed in my opinion but I'd watch it again

Rating: 10/10 (2 April 2011)

the first half of the film was really scary, full of tension, creepy images and jump out of your seat moments. Second half totally lacked the subtlety that created these terrifying moments in the first half.. it got goofy. Which leads me back to my original point of view for most horror films: when you leave more to the audience's imagination, they tend to create much scarier things than a makeup team can.
In order for a horror film to scare me its almost like they have to create a form of inception, let me explain: by leaving clues of frightening images and sounds your letting the audience's imagination run wild and you are ultimately planting an idea of something bigger and scarier that has stay power to haunt them right before they go to bed. To me, the power of suggestion is much more affective in horror than an aggressive CGI created face telling you to be scared. It doesn't work and didn't work, not for this movie.
I can only imagine the last half of the movie being scary to a child, because as a grown up, people with scary make-up on just look like people with scary make-up on, not monsters.
All in all, great actors, great idea for a film, some scary points, some laughs, its worth a red-box rent. I give it 6.5/10