Erm...

Rating: 5/10 (17 December 2009)

I got a bit confused after seeing this movie. It's clear from the very first moment it's an ultra-low budget thing and I wasn't waiting on a huge production. Nevertheless, the acting and writing could be so much better, imo.
Micah becomes extremely stupid and insensitive most of the times and Katie looks dumb for keep him going on like that. Who the hell would bear anyone filming every step one'd gave, specially when you're against it? Sometimes Katie seems really scared (every yelling scene is convincing indeed) but the whole doesn't make sense: she just lets the situation run day by day and doesn't leave home most of the time. At least it would be normal if one of them thought about being surrounded by people, even knowing strange things would happen anyway... At least, I would! The Ouija board part is pretty cool but there are a few topics that also don't make sense. You need to concentrate on a certain question and put your fingers on the board glass, otherwise you won't get any answer. The pointer moved anyway, even Micah hasn't done any effort to make a well-suited communication scheme...
Concerning the writing, it's absolutely awful and imo the worst part of this movie. The dialogue is pretty void and plain, with lots of clichès and tones of "I have an idea" (and then here it comes a stupid idea like - who would have guessed! - filming the same thing over and over again or spreading baby powder on the floor when you already have millions of evidences that there's a ghost who steps on the floor) or "We need to do something", "I feel it's dangerous", "What the heck is this thing?", blah blah etc etc...
However, not everything about this are drawbacks. For a low budget production, some of the scenes which were supposed to be scared (I didn't get particularly scared but I recognize some of them have potential) are pretty well done, considering there are no five stars special effects. It gets you exhausted and thrilled, keeps you "waiting" for the hours to pass until something happens and so the crescendo is different from many of the other horror movies. However, by the end, the movie COMPLETELY loses its verosimilitude and becomes deeply deceiving with Katie becoming some kind of creature like the one in The Exorcist.
In a nutshell, it's an impressing movie and will certainly please horror movie fans but the "less as more" thesis is maybe taken a bit far.