Bad bad bad, yet original.

Rating: 5/10 (31 October 2009)

It just didn't happen for me. Where do i start, the corny acting maybe?
1) Corny acting. Okay, whoever told you that the acting is so amazing and it seems like it is a real life situation doesn't even know what they're talking about. You can almost see the actors smile in some of the scenes, they put no effort into making their feelings feel genuine. I despised the acting at the very least, it ruined the whole experience. Really though.. really... what bothered me the most.. "Hey, you're my girlfriend, and this is my house we'll take care of this."... wow... so corny.
2) Doesn't bring the scare on. I know i don't get scared easily. However, this movie is just so ridiculous and obvious. By the time the girl stood up for the first time and stared at the guy for 3 hours i told my friend, the demon is part of the girl man.. really.. obvious... and i was right. And I'm sorry.. opening and closing doors.. don't scare me, not even in real life, i'll just say wind, noises.. don't scare me.. i live alone and sleep at night everyday and hear lots of things go on and off.. nope... doesn't work for me... some wind... some hoof prints.. nah, didn't do it for me. that is not even close to being scary. 90% of the movie is useless and doesn't even contribute to the plot. Lot's of the threads aren't closed or poorly closed. For example, the mystery of the board... did that really get solved? really? showing an internet page, and hearing the guy say "oh, the same stuff happened to her... you know.. her house burned and stuff.. you know.. and it moved on to you... you know..".. no i don't know, you don't close the whole board story like that =), im not that easy to swindle. And oh.. I'm sorry.. didn't the board burn..?.. we didn't see burn marks..?... oh ya, there is anti-fire cream on the board.
3) Lack's realism, lose story, untied ends. Any person in their sane mind wouldn't go around calling for a demon at night challenging them =), i'd tell you what i'd do, get my quraan and start reading it and i know that i will be protected. Faith is truly your only protection. There is so many unclosed ends to the story. Let me start, the cross, why did the girl hold it? why did it make her bleed? why did she hold it if it made her bleed? Okay fine, why burn the cross =), i don't get it was the demon in the cross? is the guy an atheist? hmm.. that didn't make sense, and my questions didn't get answered. The mystery of the board, not answered, we got a lousy internet page and got swindled into forgetting. The girl's family, why not seek her family?? Why not call her mum if she was with her?? why not go to the hospital to get your wounds checked out? I certainly would if a demonic entity bit me =), i don't want demonic rabies if you catch my drift. And what annoyed me the most, how they took out the possibility of giving a demonologist expert. The doctor got his cheap way out by saying "demons is not my area", so if i had a ghoul i'll be sure not to call a demonologist =), ill call a ghoulist. And oh.. the girl says she'll call the demon guy, but doesn't, and I'm waiting... okay when are they gonna tell us why she didn't call the guy...?.. then at the end of the movie, the writer of the script remembers he didn't answer that part of the plot and ties it up in the cheesiest and corniest of ways. They didn't call the guy because the boyfriend wants to handle it =).. oh wow. And oh, the second time the ghost expert comes, he is too scared, and luckily the demonologist is out of town! And when the boyfriend offers to leave, the girl chooses not to =). Why the change of heart?
4) Bad ending Sorry, you're not the sopranos, don't try to be. Don't give me that black screen ending. Because it only aggravated me =) And don't tell me "her whereabouts are unknown" and the guys body was found, i kinda figured that out myself. If you want to make an epilogue, put some though into it. Or even better, put some money into the movie =), maybe then it would turn out to be better.
*wrap up* The movie is cheesy, contains bad acting, has lots of loose untied ends, however i praise it's originality. That is why i give it 5, i just feel if they actually put more thought into it, more money, it would've been a great original movie. All in all, i promise you'd be better off watching zombieland (really funny movie that gives what it promises) or maybe saw IV if you're into blood and gore. Just stay away from the cheesy stuff, because i was not screaming, i was laughing. I kept messing around with my buddies saying, 'look at the door!, look at the door!', and when the result was a closing and opening door.. i was disappointed and i started laughing!... not scary.. sorry..
*verdict* A 75K movie will never be brilliant. If you don't invest in a beautiful idea, if you don't water your seeds, you'll never get the fruits you seek. Don't watch it.