Pretty scary and petty fun, but not perfect

Rating: 7/10 (13 February 2014)

We have a nice quiet family living in a nice house. All of a sudden the oldest son gets possessed by a demon. He starts seeing horrific visions and soon they start showing up in the house. This results in a lot of jump scares. Some are scary, but some are really cheap, like the house alarm. Anyway the parents seek help from a group of exorcists to help free the boy from possession.
This movie has a lot of effective imagery. The demons look really strange, especially when they're out in the real world. The move does go a little over the top with scare chords and hammy acting, but this is probably deliberate. The exorcism scene is the best scene in the whole movie. It is very intense and dark (literally) and memorable.
My problem with the movie is the last act, which gets very slow and almost turns into a completely different movie. The atmosphere changes completely and it pretty much becomes a haunted house ride that drags on for a long time. Also, random things happen at times for no reason other than to scare you. These things brought the movie down a bit.
Overall, a good movie if your looking for a few good scares. But don't get dragged down by the bad ending.