...from a die hard fan of the genre - this simply wasn't a good movie

Rating: 2/10 (13 December 2009)

Okay, first it gets a 2 because it wasn't awful... but it sure wasn't good! Our characters weren't set up enough for us to really care too much what was going to happen, and due to sub-par acting I wasn't convinced of anything happening. Conversations held in down time (as posted by another viewer) were particularly dull. When the "scary stuff" was happening my attention was drawn more to a timer on the screen than to the actual events taking place. Oh, and I mustn't forget the same old sounds starting each time our demon was about to do something - what drudgery. The handycam, 1st person shot footage was a mistake here - really, filmmakers - please don't do this if there isn't any real point to it! Splice your footage between it and what will be a more professional, watchable & effective production! So, so much could have been done with this great idea... but frankly I was glad when it was over. The genre remains my favourite, and my reason stands to be disproved. It is a very difficult genre to succeed in - thanks to Paranormal Activity for proving that point.