More enjoyable than expected but still flawed

Rating: 8/10 (18 December 2014)

After finding a family that has been attacked by a demonic entity, a team of paranormal researchers tries to help them rid their house of the demons only for a more dangerous battle to befall them.
This turned out to be quite the enjoyable and highly entertaining effort without a lot really wrong with it. One of the biggest issues with this here is the rather irritating way this one resorts to loud jump-scenes to constitute it's scares without deviating from this tactic throughout the film, really making it seem like there's only so many different tricks it can utilize before it runs out. The continuing tactics of the ghost popping up in windows or mirrors behind people makes for a rather aggravating series of moves when this is what's continuously utilized here and it makes for a pretty rough time in the first half here getting this going while also managing to stretch out the run-time a little bit more than it really needed to be. Beyond those, though, there's a lot to like within this one as it really manages to be quite enjoyable. One of its' better efforts is the fact that this one really manages to get the feel of warranted investigation into bringing the investigators in with the full build-up of this one generating enough worthwhile actions to make for a believable trip to the experts. From the children's games played early on to the discovery of the left-over artifacts and then the running storyline about the shadows running around and the bodily injuries, there's certainly some rather skillfully-done actions that manage to bring in the team using worthwhile manners and it only gets more fun from there. The last half is filled with all sorts of fantastic sequences from the crawlspace investigation to the attack on the daughter in the living room and the chasing around the possessed member in the basement which leads into the exorcism attempt that gets quite fun. Its' all fast-paced, exciting and just seems dangerous enough that you don't know if that's what's going to happen next or if there's going to be something even more dangerous to come and that unexpected nature becomes one of its greatest attributes. It's also quite nice in here to really have the backstory present in here which manages to be quite dark and chilling, setting the mood for the actions to come as well as being designed to exploit the supernatural elements it plays with here. Overall, this one was quite a bit of fun despite it's few flaws.
Rated R: Violence, Language and continuous children-in-jeopardy.