Paranormal hogwash!

Rating: 4/10 (2 November 2009)

Give me back the hour and forty minutes I wasted on this tripe! You won't sleep after watching it? Well, guess what, this viewer almost fell asleep during the endless longuers of waiting for the sound of footsteps (again and again) or yet ANOTHER bump in the night that went nowhere. Ohmygod, a swinging chandelier??? Okay, so where's the monkey that set it in motion? Gee, must have been somebody with a long stick. The two lead actors do have good abilities but they're wasted in a non-story that really needed ramping up on the action and suspense. I don't care if the movie only cost fifteen grand to make, when I pay my money and sacrifice my time I want some degree of emotional involvement and this just didn't cut it. Major, major question: who on earth sleeps with their bedroom door open every night??? Nobody but these dopes. Doors creak (hinges need oiling), door slams (somebody yanked the dental floss), lights go on (who's out of sight flicking the switch?). Bits and pieces of so many other horror movies, snippets of conversation referring to the supernatural, the devil ad infinitum. Kudos to the studio execs who ran with this movie and put one over on the American movie-going public. Yes, a sucker is born every minute and this movie is proof of that. (Just how dumb was the initial viewing audience shown in the trailer and why don't they get out more?) I'm giving this a four for successfully putting one over on the masses. Great job, guys!