Disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (13 September 2017)

I know I've titled this review "Disappointing" and it was, but that doesn't mean to say that the acting wasn't good. The performances by the cast was actually very good, and naturally the story is good too but many years ago I saw the original and read the book and it terrified me. This film didn't terrify me and trust me I am generally scared by most horror films. For me, the scary people were just not scary and quite badly done from an SFX viewpoint. They looked made up and it was just laughable. I've been waiting for ages to see this new release and I thought I'd love it, but I really didn't because it just wasn't scary enough. Now the positives are that the cast were great, especially the kids. All of the characters were brilliant and I loved the element of humour they'd injected into the movie with the kids. So I'd score the younger cast 10/10, just brilliant. Overall I'd say it was the SFX that let the film down.