Dull with a gush of story

Rating: 6/10 (19 August 2013)

Before watching this movie, there was a big fuss about it. Whether there should be a blessing from a priest after you've watched this movie or how this movie makes you sleep before 3:07 A.M., So I decided to watch it for myself.
The trailers were pretty much spoilers themselves, they contain the scariest scenes in the movie. So when I watched the movie, my jumps from the would-be scary scenes were gone.
At first, it started out as eerie and creepy about a doll who's being controlled by a demonic entity and a family extorting the demon inside of it, the Warrens, the paranormal hunters. And the Perrons, the family who moved to the haunted house.
The story was haunting, especially the 3:07 A.M. thing, but the movie was pretty dull. The only thing scary was the momentum of the scares. The way they plant the scary outbursts or the shocking moments paired with the sounds from hell. The DUN-DUN-DUUUUUUN with the faces of the damned.
If we were to talk about the visuals, it was great. Starting on how they captured the whole 70's feel. Though some might say it resembled Insidious which has the same director, but I think this story is much easier to follow. No astral dimension thingies, just plain old exorcism, witches, curses, and demonic things. The music scoring was great. Hats off to the cast who portrayed their roles well.
I watched it until the end and expected for a much emotionally-scarring scene to happen but I was disappointed. The only thing that scared me was this happened in real life.
This movie was oversold, maybe just in the Philippines, so it pretty much bummed some people after the movie was done.
And the result: people getting disappointed.
I would not recommend this movie to anyone. It was a let down from all the tension and attention it built up to. But if it hadn't built up the talks about it and I was to watch it without any knowledge whatsoever, I'd say it's a good movie.
If I were to rate this movie from 1-10.
I'd say it's a 6.