Just an average horror film

Rating: 5/10 (30 July 2013)

I went to this movie with high expectations and was given a jump scare fest.
My problems with this movie started in the beginning. The first 30-45 minutes of this film were so boring and mind numbing it was inexplicable. The gaps between each and every jump scare were too long, and the majority of the film I wasn't feeling a creepy atmosphere. Until the last 30 minutes of the film when the mother was possessed.
The plot was a cliché in terms of horror films. We have all seen the way Paranormal Activity turned out, and like The Conjuring both films are predicated on purely jump scares and lacked a truly scary atmosphere.
And every scare is so predictable, we are given most of the scares that are in this movie in the trailers, plus they amp the music up prior to every scare, so you know when each scare is happening.
Like a lot of horror films the people were absolutely stupid. What kind of people buy a house without researching the history of previous owners? If they simply looked into this their situation with the demonic spirits would never have happened.
At the end of the day if you are willing to spend 11 dollars to jump a couple times and you fear ghosts, this is your movie.