Idiot Boyfriend and Dumb Girlfriend Make Movie Go Blah Blah...

Rating: Null/10 (18 February 2010)

Yikes. I was scared for about 10 minutes into the movie until I realized that I was had by the hype. Unless you're between the ages of 6 and 17, you wont find much in this movie to make it worth your time. I can no longer stand movies where the lead characters make the dumbest mistakes - or are slow to realize things that the everyday donut would see right away. When the movie ended, I felt like the boyfriend got his just desserts and I wished the girl ended up going down a similar route. I turned to the wife and said these two are perfect for each other - he's an idiot and she's a moron - match made in heaven.
This movie hangs too much on the "jump frights" that were mastered back in the 1980s - hell, the 1930s even. Beyond that, there is very little to actually "see". Though there are cameras places all over the house, the boyfriend seems to only dissect the angle that we as viewers have already witnessed. These two are too dumb to call the experts until its too late. They're too dumb to ask Jeeves or Google for information early on. The information they do eventually find is useless. Why don't they lock/close their bedroom door? Why not move in with the girlfriends friend for a time? Why not stay at a hotel for the week? These two think nothing logically and almost dare the ending to come to pass. The alternate ending is no better - just there for the "gosh!" factor. One of the worst hand-held movies out there.
I really don't understand what all the hype was about. At 80 minutes long, you people should ask for your money back.
But alas, you'll leave this movie wishing you could haunt these people yourself - and do worse to them by morning. Simply blah at its best.