Fine acted movie, has some chills, but really nothing all that great.

Rating: 6/10 (11 July 2009)

I like a little bit more horror in my horror movies and this one just does not have enough. I would like to combine it with other horror movies that have lots of violence and gore, but has sorry stories and actors in it as this one does have a good story and acting. It just tends to get a bit tedious at times for my tastes, not taking anything away from the movie mind you, if you like it you probably have better tastes than I a person whose favorite genre of horror is the zombie movie, the genre most consider the lowest of the low. The story has a woman who is pregnant and something seems to be going wrong. Simple enough, eh? Actually the story is a lot more interesting and complex than that line, but that line works good too. She has some rather seemingly helpful neighbors at first, but they seem odd to. The husband also is quite the normal husband at first, but he too seems to succumb to what everyone else in the building seems to be doing. Of course, as interesting as the story is, it is also quite long and tedious to watch, I needed a break from watching it at times. Still the payoff is rather good in a underdone kind of way that makes it work all the more. Ruth Gordon is excellent in this film, it is to bad she just about undermines this role by playing in the horrid direct to television sequel.