Scare at New Level

Rating: 4/10 (17 October 2014)

Just watched this movie and truly ponder why many gave this movie a ten stars. I am not yet a movie maker, but have watched tons of film, thus thinking maybe I am a sinister, thus missed something that people find great.
The Good This movie has a potential to be a great movie, with the idea, but too much focus on the main character. The horror in the movie is actually about how a man can put risk to his family by what he is doing. Thus, moral of the story, never move into a house in which a family was murdered with no explanation, or never try to be a drug dealer, occult leader or try to reanimate a dino egg.
The Bad Again, too much focus was put on Ellison - the lead - while it is a movie about (seems to be) family. Maybe some will say it is about character development, but I'd say it is boring. Not even sure if this movie is a horror movie or troubled man family drama slash how economic crisis affected our life. The pace is also too slow. And literally very dark, as if zombies had eaten all the electricity. To all horror movie maker, to make a movie scary, you do not have to turn off the light all through a movie. That's a trick for toddler.
Summary It could learn from the Japanese Grudge which has similar theme. Yet, there is a very good scene in this movie, when the wife told Ellison that the meaning to his life was his family and his legacy was his children. It shows a mother's perspective which is different to the idea of a working man.