I hated this movie...

Rating: 9/10 (12 February 2009)

Okay, so maybe not, but I have to say, there's something terribly wrong when you rent what should be a spooky horror movie and find yourself bawling hysterically, not with fear but with genuine sympathy and despair. I'd seen Pan's Labyrinth and found it to be beautiful and scary enough that I was trying to wake up my sleeping husband so I didn't feel so alone in my bedroom. So, when I saw there was another movie out by the same guy, I had to see it plus, I'm a sucker for a good horror movie. It blew me away. With a genuine creepy atmosphere, this movie had me sitting on the edge of my bed but that wasn't what won me over. The actors were well cast, each one portraying their character so that you ached and shivered with them. The storyline was perhaps a bit unoriginal but let's face it, in this day and age, what storyline is original, and the actual script was well done. I found myself cursing at Laura when she didn't figure out what the hell was going on from the beginning, if she'd been paying attention, it would have been painfully obvious but being a mother myself, I don't know if I'd have my wits around me enough to pick up on the clues. Then ending had me sobbing, seriously, and swearing that I was not going to watch another movie that gave me chills but left me in tears. Evil movies. This is a fantastic movie and if I had the patience to read subtitles every time I watched it, I would own it.