Attempting 80s horror movie, but with no real substance

Rating: 3/10 (30 August 2015)

I'll list the good and bad I felt this movie had. As a low budget horror movie, I can understand the limits, but I've seen a lot of low budget horror movies that excelled, while this one..
I'm giving out spoilers in this so be prepared.
Good: - The actors were good at their roles, I felt some sense of investment in the main character, Jay, her relationship with her sister, her childhood friend who has puppy love for her, and the guy across the street. Jay was a genuinely likable character who you felt bad for having to go though all this. - The cinematography. It felt like the theme of drawing back to 80s, movies like Halloween and Friday the 13s in terms of camera angles and panning the camera around, it borrowed from that era and seemed to do an okay job of it.
Bad: - The story was just ridiculous, the theme that whoever someone has sex with, the curse of whatever this demon/monster thing is will stalk them, until they have sex with someone and pass the curse on. This is taken direct from themes like the Ring, but in a less intimidating. The setup is suppose to make you think of the unknown, but when the main character can see it slowing coming at them, its not unknown, and far less scary. - The cheap jump scares, as any cheap attempt at horror, it has a few moments that just break all tension, and without any payoff. - The music in this SUUUUUUUCK! I know its a low budget movie, but the audio just ruins so many tense scenes and just makes them laughable. - The ending. On of the most pointless endings I've seen, as it leads nowhere, no sense of satisfaction at all.
I believe Doug Walker said it best, the problem with this movie, is its trying to make an artsy movie, out of a stock slasher horror movie, and the two just don't gel together.
I give this movie an E for effort, as in they tried to make a good horror movie, they had a smart idea, they had good actors on board, but it just failed with the writing, music and ending.
Don't pay full price for this movie, if you can get it free from a friend or cheap download then maybe, but for all the rave reviews people gave this, I just want my money back.