Very hard to believe people got scared

Rating: 7/10 (26 October 2009)

First, let me say that I thought the movie was good. The script was well written, the idea was interesting, and the acting was fantastic. It's hard to find a movie that does such a good job of making the characters seem realistic, and I'm not sure I've felt a connection to the actors this well in a while. That being said, the movie was boring.
Now, there were genuinely suspenseful parts, and parts where I was more than a little creeped out, but it was in a boring way. These parts were few and far between, and each one seemed very anticlimactic. I hardly ever watch scary movies because I get scared fairly easy, but watching this alone, in a dark room, at two in the morning, I barely felt spooked. To me, most of the scary events were more like "wow, that's kind of weird" moments instead of "holy freaking cow I'm going to wet myself if I try to sleep tonight" moments.
Without giving anything away, the ending, I thought, was appropriate and well done. I saw the original ending and, while a little anticlimactic, I thought it fit perfectly. The theatrical ending I looked up online, and, while it was scarier, seemed like it was in a completely different movie.
The verdict: Good from a cinematic point of view, but seriously failed to scare.