Officially giving up on ghost investigating movies

Rating: 4/10 (5 February 2015)

I guess it's a good movie for what it is supposed to be. Apparently it's based on real events. That probably explains why everything that demon woman did and the 'scary' stuff that happened in the house looked so random to me. It starts of interesting with the investigators of ghost and supernatural stuff. Things start also nice enough with the family getting into their new home, with a family of 7 it's of course pretty hard on who to focus most. I thought it was going to be their story but after 105 minutes I still knew very little about them only that they loved their time at the seaside. Focus was actually on the ghost hunting couple. Anyway my interest really started to decline in a steep way when focus got on investigation with all the machinery needed for it. Memories of the awful Insidious, Paranormal Activity they all passed through my head. With the exception that Conjuring went even more spectacular making people fall, things flying through the room, stuff breaking, sudden apparitions, dragged through the room by the hair etc. How much more did they need to show to make it clear it was a dangerous place and demon? Needless to say it didn't really work for me and the storyline behind the demon was pretty poor as well. Kudos to Vera Farmiga, she was the only worthwhile performance in this movie. I'm glad I have watched it as now I know these type of movies are not for me.