Awake

Rating: 7/10 (15 August 2010)

Rented this movie last night, after hearing how scary it was for last year+. While not a namby pamby, it's only me and the pets here in my fairly secluded house in the woods, so watched it while still day out and for last part, with sound mostly off! I did not find any one part of the movie to particularly frightening, (maybe that darn pic up in the attic), it was more like a mounting dread. And to me, a connoisseur of horror movies since birth, that's the ticket to a good scary flick, the tense unknown. The anything-can-happen-at-any-moment wait-fest.
You can keep your bloody saws and slasher demonic killers, I like the unseen ones that quietly go bump in the night.
Altho not seemingly affected while watching, went to bed with light on and woke up at 3 a.m. absolutely terrified, waiting to hear that sound, any sound that would confirm the presence of the demon in my room. Sweatily huddled under the covers, t.v. on to mask any noises, for the rest of the nite.