Well executed, not so well written.

Rating: 9/10 (27 September 2013)

This was an interesting, and at some moments very creepy film, that fell short of the mark with some poor writing.
The film started very well, and the plot got off to an excellent start, the beginning scene was creepy straight away. I loved the idea of the film, with the crime writer discovering more grizzly crimes than he could have imagined. In the early parts of the film, the more that was uncovered the scarier the story became, suspense being built throughout, as we realise who the next victims will be.
This was all done with no supernatural apparitions, or any hints of some sort of ghostly presence. I was beginning to think that maybe the film had nothing to do with ghosts or demons, which would have been a fantastic idea, and really scary. This was not the case. The more "spooky" scenes that appeared the less believable the film seemed to become. Although a lot of these scenes were very jumpy, some of them were just downright weird.
I can't help but feel that this film would have been amazing, if the ghosts had just stayed away, and the crimes were committed by a person, or group of people. The idea that those horrific crimes could have been done by normal human beings is much more scary than a demon doing it.
I'm not sure if there was supposed to be a twist at the end or not, but if there was it was very predictable.
Having said this, the film was still scary, and was good for the most part. The lead actor was great, and the various uses of the filming techniques and music really built tension in the night time scenes. It just went downhill after the first half, and could have been a great film had the story been slightly more well written.