Wasn't Bad at All

Rating: 7/10 (28 October 2012)

Saw this movie when it first came out and I'll be the first to admit it was not a bad horror movie by a long shot. There is an excellent tension established early through the movie that lasts throughout. The story line is decent and Ethan Hawke does a super job bringing his character to life. As for the rest of the cast its pretty much a hit and miss even the children I find hard to believe are real at times, but then again their young and learning and they managed to keep the film going. The only true downside I'd say is that if you've seen the trailer you've pretty much seen all the jump scares the movie has to offer. I mean a scene would start and I would go, oh this is when so and so happens... so your never really surprised though it doesn't lessen the fear. My theater was pretty much halfway full of boyfriends and girlfriends and the girls screamed pretty much every time a jump scare happened. The guys on the other hand seemed to find the movie funny rather than scary, I don't know if it was a macho thing or what, but I personally didn't see anything funny especially towards the end. By far the SCARIEST thing about this movie to me was Bagul. I give total props to the design team and everyone who made that deity come to life because from the first time I saw him I was terrified of him. That mask or face or whatever is truly chilling and throughout the movie you hope you don't see him. The movie is far from Insidious scary and won't cause you to lose sleep, at least it shouldn't, but its definitely a good movie to get a few chills in or to bring a lover to and cuddle up with. I would definitely suggest seeing this movie in theaters as I think watching it at home will make it lose its luster I definitely don't think it will be as scary unless you have some serious sound systems going and a decent sized screen. Well worth the money and I'd give it a solid 7 out of 10.