A Major Let Down

Rating: 4/10 (28 January 2013)

Was the movie well-made? Yes, it absolutely was. Was it cliché? It had elements from all the ghost stories we've already seen, particularly the Grudge. Were the characters believable? Definitely. Was the movie scary? Not one bit.
It's a major let down to come across such a well-made horror movie and soon realize that for some reason it fails to scare you. I think the people here who call this the best scary movie haven't seen enough scary movies, otherwise, they would've seen through the banality and repetitiveness of this one.Unfortunately, all ideas for a good horror movie seem to have been used up. Why else would you keep stumbling upon such tasteless "horror" movies that could easily pass for comedies?
The thing about horror movies is if they fail to scare you they're useless. Surely you don't want to stare into the darkness hoping that some disfigured ghost jumping onto the screen will scare you, because it's so predictable that it's almost laughable. To me, the movie, while promising, was like stale bread. Watching glue dry would've been more exciting, especially because 10 minutes into the movie I knew exactly what was going to happen, and it happened before the movie even started. It took too long for that predictable event to unfold. Contrary to what some of the reviewers here have said, if you are a "true horror fan" you would pass this movie, because you've seen enough horror movies that this one is going to bore you to death. People who have seen no more than 10 horror movies in their life might find it interesting though.I'm giving it a four because the movie had the looks of a high-budget movie to it, and not because of the non-existent horror.
As for the "best horror movie" of the decade, I strongly recommend you to go watch "Drag Me to Hell" 2009. Your expectations of what counts as a perfect horror movie will get so high that you will stop enjoying "horror" movies like "Sinister", "Insidious", etc. in no time.