Has its moments but it's basically "Blair Witch Project" in a house

Rating: 5/10 (15 October 2009)

A young couple in their 20s--Katie (Katie Featherstone) and Micah (Micah Sloat)--have a poltergeist invading their home and targeting Katie. They want to get rid of it but this thing doesn't want to leave...
This film has been WAY over-hyped. The studio only showed it at midnight showings and the coming attractions supposedly showed an actual audience screaming and jumping at the movie. To make things worse they "suggested" that all these things happened--although the closing credits makes it clear that it's all fictional! "The Blair Witch Project" did this successfully 10 years ago but it's old hat now. I can see why they over-hyped this movie. It's hardly new or original and, aside from a few moments, you've seen this all before. The plot is also full of head-scratching moments. Supposedly Katie has been haunted by this poltergeist since she was 8--and she waits till she moves in with Micah to tell him about it? Why do the attacks intensify so suddenly? Katie is a student but she never seems to leave the house. Her mood swings come out of nowhere and serve no purpose to the plot. Also Micah is given almost zero character development. He does stupid things for no reason (the Ouija board) and just ends up saying "f***" all the time.
On the good side the movie does have it's spooky moments, Featherstone and Sloat are very good in their roles and the ending actually scared me (although I saw it coming). But, all in all, it's a good hour long movie stretched out to 90 minutes. Don't believe all the hype--it's not that good. I give it a 5.