Spooky horror movie

Rating: 7/10 (28 July 2013)

This takes place in 1971 and is based on a true story. A family with five daughters moves into this huge old house in the middle of nowhere. Almost immediately things start going wrong. There's a bad smell in some of the rooms, all the clocks in the house stop at 3:07am, the mother wakes up with strange bruises on her arms and legs and there's loud banging heard. The couple hires a husband/wife team of demonologists to check it out...and find out things are worse than they thought.
This movie does work. There were many times in here when me (and the audience) jumped or screamed out loud. It builds slowly but it works because you get to know and care about the family. When things DO go overboard at the end it's all the more shocking because you care about the characters. The acting is good across the board. Patrick Wilson and Ron Livingston are OK in their roles but Vera Farmiga and Lili Taylor are superb in theirs. There's no nudity, sex or gore but some blood and plenty of scares with loud noises and things suddenly happening. Also the 1970s hairstyles and clothes are frightening too!:) Even though it is scary it goes on just a little bit too long and has its dull moments. I give it a 7.