Simple but effective tactic of preying on peoples fear of the unknown.

Rating: 7/10 (3 May 2015)

I know the swearing is part of the whole "experience" but it detracts from the rest of the production being simple, disturbing and totally believable. Something about uppity females swearing is very unattractive. However, this effort goes to the heart of human fear, that which they cannot see, that which they do not understand and that which they cannot explain in simple and logical ways. Much like the power of religion, fear is baseless yet all pervasive, the very things modern people scorn as hocus pocus or fantasy (god, ghosts, evil spirits) are the same things that will give a well adjusted person the fear this film evokes, it is elemental, the caveman type of fear of the dark, strange noises and"things that go bump in the night". This is why it works, I watched with a background in emergency medicine, funeral direction and other forensic science experience but it still made me jumpy. That is what a good horror movie is all about, not gore and blood and chainsaws every 5 minutes. Spoiler alert is purely to cover my butt, lol.