Disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (2 December 2013)

Allegedly true story borrows heavilly from another allegedly true story, The Amityville Horror, as a family moves into a creepy house in the woods, soon finding it to be haunted by demonic entities intent to scare the many kids who live their. A pair of paranormal investigators are called in to rid the house, and the family, of their ills.
Good cinematography, the film didn't resort to that obnoxious shaky-cam nonsense and try to pass that off as its scares. The doll was creepy looking, but it was like a gimmick that they introduced and couldn't be bothered with following through with it and doing anything with it.
Screenplay was a bit too cluttered and overly busy, with too much going on, and too many characters in the film. Too many kids to keep track of, and a father character played by an actor who left little impression.
Dark old house routine for the first two thirds was mildly interesting, if formulaic, but the film then oddly switches to a possession/ exorcism flick for its final third, giving it a feeling of being two different films awkwardly put together.