First Horror Movie To Scare Me In YEARS

Rating: 10/10 (19 July 2013)

Let me start off by saying that I've seen a big amount of horror films. The last one I remember keeping me up all night was Bride of Chucky when I was 6 years old. After that, horror films just weren't as scary and actually became stupid, silly entertainment. While horror-comedy has become the norm for horror nowadays, it was great to go in with high expectations and from the very creepy first scene into every single scene following, I found myself more and more creeped out and by the climax I was actually scared for the first time in a very long time watching a horror film. James Wan is an excellent director and is able to deliver a fantastic horror film. Does it really deliver anything new to the table of horror, No. Does it feel familiar at certain points to other films, Yes. The movie works because it knows it's supposed to be an old school straight horror film and it comes at you fast and intense and while it has that "build up" that we've come to expect from horror movies, the build up is very suspenseful and the movie excellently avoids having cliché and stupid characters. Great acting throughout really helps and while admittedly, being predictable at certain points, it is still very fun and scary. I highly recommend this film to any horror movie fan and can not wait for the next movie James Wan will be releasing.