Highly overrated! Disappointing

Rating: 4/10 (10 August 2013)

After watching the movie, I was so disappointed that I had to actually look up if I saw the same movie as everyone else did or not. I came across this movie while surfing for some good horror movies, and as a matter of fact, this one was rated the best by a couple of lists. The first half has some decently horrifying scenes, which end up pretty futile in their attempt to scare their audience. But like most of the horror movies, people tend to think that the movie is building up for the actual horror, which most probably will be shown in the second half. Now as the movie progresses, your disappointment gradually increases, as you begin to realize that it isn't scaring you even a little bit. The least they could have done was improvise on the clichéd scenes, like sudden popping up of ghostly faces and young demonic girls asking you to shush.Ethan hawk acted more like a teenager, rather than a guy who is in his mid 30s and a father of two teenagers. The direction wasn't good either, as Ethan Hawke was the only one who was feeling the presence of a supernatural thing in their house, and his wife was completely unaware of what all is going on. The story line was good, but the screenplay pathetic, could have done so much more.