There's no such thing as a bad film...

Rating: 1/10 (26 October 2010)

Unless you're talking about the Door by Tommy Wissau, but this is not what we're talking about.
I believe this movie was the most over-hyped movie I've ever seen. It uses the "shockumentary" style in a very unique way. The cam isn't shaky, and for 85% of the film, the camera is stationary. That usually doesn't make for a very exciting movie, but to see things unfold when they do is what makes the movie interesting. It doesn't rely on guts, gore, sex, and explosions to make the movie shocking, though calling it "Hitchcockian movie style" is an exaggeration. But I must admit, not knowing what the thing looks like (The only thing we know is that it has frog feet), and how it's threatened over and over again that we're going to see it is what keeps the viewer interested.
Now the bad points. The relationship, even though it does come off as genuine and cute, the common sense of both characters just astounds me. Though it does boil down to the curiosity of the boyfriend, either he was curious as hell to see the demon in it's real form, or he was just flat out stupid. If you're warned it's a demon, you don't get a Ouija board... If you KNOW that it's best to let the demon alone and run it's course and not to let anyone with any clairvoyance in... You don't. You don't try and antagonize or goad it on by leaving powder on the floor or even speaking to it, hell even letting it know that you fear it.
Though I don't blame Kaity, I just wish she weren't such a weak individual. The way he spoke as if he were the "man of the house" and had that "I own you attitude" I would've grabbed him by the balls with a pair of pliers and said "Shut up. You don't own me, I have just as much as a say and action in this as you do. In fact, since this is my demon, you have no business dabbling in it." Perhaps the movie would have been more interesting and taken a different (and perhaps unexpected turn) if Kaity where to have worn her ovaries on the outside and made SURE that her boyfriend left it alone. If he didn't she would leave him. I believe that the relationship wasn't a vital part of the movie, Kaity was.
All in all, this goes against what you think is going to happen. It utilizes irony somewhat, and has very subtle scares that keep you interested, but all in all, it's a very mediocre and student film.
To sum it up: Weak, somewhat dumb characters, good acting, great concept that should've been portrayed better.