Over the top

Rating: 4/10 (19 July 2013)

I watched it last night at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal I honestly don't know what people find scary about this movie other than the fact that it has blood and people's faces getting somewhat deformed when possessed it felt very cliché and over the top and as a result, just not scary at all.
I mean, come on. If you need to paint your ghost's faces with white and circle their eyes with black eyeliner to let us know what they are, I'm just going to frown. What an OBVIOUS and boring choice.
Maybe it's just me I like scary movies that leave things to my imagination and it is the anticipation of something terrible and the buildup it creates that makes me jump out of my seat.
This movie lacks everything in that department and tries to make up for it with lots and lots of bloody possession scenes.
Yawn.
The only reason I am giving it a 4 is because the actresses playing the little girls were fun and their sisterly bond felt very genuine. Also, I learned a new variation of the game "hide and seek".
And I kind of liked Annabelle and wished the movie had been centered around her instead. lol.