Promising Concept

Rating: 5/10 (29 December 2012)

I will not lie, I did thoroughly enjoy the first 1/2 or 3/4 of this movie, I found the murder-tapes to be 'genuine' looking and the ambient soundtrack within the movie was fantastic; a real difference from most cheesy horror movies that put loud songs on to let you know you're meant to be scared.
Yes it was a very predictable movie, as soon as I heard one kid was missing and I seen the first tape I knew right away that it was the children murdering their families, but the tapes themselves and even the 'environment' (if you will) of the movie was not predictable. You may have been able to know when the scares were coming but at the same time you had a feeling deep down, a feeling which only came around when Ethan Hawke played those tapes.
Now the reason I called this summary "Promising Concept" was because I firmly believe the whole idea of Baghul was great, it was evil and demonic. However as soon as the 'ghost kids' came in moving around I just thought it all went downhill from there.
I just didn't like that revelation, it's as if the writer or director got lazy toward the end and wanted to finish it as quickly as possible instead of expanding and explaining a very advanced concept.
I would recommend this to somebody who is ready to love and hate the movie. I sure hope somebody follows up on something like this creating a real solid blockbuster.