Mixed feelings...

Rating: 8/10 (28 May 2015)

I have mixed feelings about this movie. I went into it after hearing reviews praising this film as a new pinnacle for horror movies, some people calling it the best in over a decade. Naturally, I had pretty high expectations. And it was a good movie, but that's all. The story was creative and well-written, the actors played their roles well, and it was a great film overall. However, considering that this was being praised as a horror movie, it wasn't scary. It was tense, dramatic, even thrilling at some points, but not scary. Like, not even a little bit. The only thing that "scared" me was the loud noise of something hitting a window. Which leaves me with the previously mentioned mixed feelings. While I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, I went in expecting to be terrified. I wanted to be nervous every time I saw somebody walking in my direction for the next week, and I simply didn't get it.