Generation gap?

Rating: 6/10 (9 June 2008)

Let's start at the end: it's fun to watch. However, it's definitely not a scary movie.. I mean, "haunted-house" dramatic effects, as some people call it, are just plain ridiculous. I know for sure that a lot of people in my generation would have the same reaction I did when I saw the first murder: burst out laughing. But reading some of the comments here, it seems to have scared people in the movie theaters and some users claim to still be scared about it. Well, I really feel like asking, is it all a generation gap thing? Can't be, after all, there are way scarier things around now, in all types of scares, especially visually (heh, the skeleton..).
I have to say, though, it's well done and well played, feels good to watch. The only problem here is looking and sounding silly on the climaxes.
That, and that the content is.. well, not that complex. I mean, we've all seen a load of stories about multiple personalities by now.. and this one isn't specially interesting. Again, too much emphasis on this. Also, the characters in general are just slightly above general. We see a little too many "hollywood"esque and shallow personalities. Sometimes, the dialogue flows in mysterious ways (sheriff scene).. showing us that it wasn't very well translated from the script writer's mind.
So all in all, it's worth seeing for the laughs and for being a landmark for the genre. But that's it.