nice concept, poor execution

Rating: 5/10 (27 May 2015)

i may be biased because older movies (im speaking of older than 90's) just aren't my taste, i don't like the aesthetics and music etc. but my friends and many reviewers told me this was one of the best horror movies, scary and whatnot. so i got over my prejudices and gave it a chance. but god was i repelled after the first 5 minutes. the actors were terrible. which kind of director actually thinks "this is it, we take that" the only passable actor was mia farrow. especially bad was the old neighbour i already forgot her name. the pacing was too slow at times, the plot twists were given away too early for such a long film and while i prefer atmosphere and suspense over sheer gore and stuff, i just think that they tried too hard. so basically you should ask "if you think it was that terrible, why 5 stars?" the reason is: the movie had its moments, especially at the beginning. the characters were really well written (but credit should go to the original author of the book) and there were some funny dialogues. and the whole plot was actually kinda nice. not original or ground breaking but certainly holds potential. i hope one day there will be kinda an exact remake, just with better actors, better directing, better music, etc. i heard there's a short movie series or something, i have to investigate on that.