Highly disappointed

Rating: 3/10 (22 October 2009)

I had a feeling the massive amount of hype leading up to this film was going to ruin it for me, and sure enough, I was right. Hype doesn't always ruin movies, in some cases the hype is even surpassed. Not in this case though. My friends said it was terrifying. Family members told me they couldn't sleep after watching it. I, being a huge horror fan, had my doubts of course. I wondered to myself if such a film could exist. A film that's filled with true terror unlike most of the garbage that passes off as "horror" these days. I went into the movie very excited hoping to be genuinely scared and unfortunately, came out highly disappointed.
The whole shaky cam thing wasn't overdone like in Cloverfield or Blair Witch, it actually gave the movie a more realistic feel. It had a very slow build up, which isn't a bad thing, but in this case the climax failed to deliver. Not once did I find myself scared and believe it or not, I actually laughed a few times. This is coming from someone who grew up on horror, thought The Exorcist was hilarious and has even experienced some pretty startling paranormal events himself. For the budget that was used in this film, I give the director props. He did some very cool things with the little that he had. Still though, it wasn't nearly enough.
So in conclusion, I am sitting here attempting to understand how people gave and are giving this such high reviews. I guess I can understand how younger kids could find this scary. For the true horror fans though, this shouldn't even remotely phase you.