The Sixth Sense without much common sense

Rating: 5/10 (11 January 2004)

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So let me see if I've got this straight .... child is created with strange chemicals. Nasty child is abused by parents. Placed in barn with horses, can't sleep "because they keep her awake" - what do they do, play cards all night? throw wild parties? they're horses for heaven's sake! Evil child kills horses. Child placed in well to die.
Now, here's where it just leaps off the page: to exact her revenge, evil child makes an evil VIDEO TAPE! Ha ah! Scared you, didn't it! Not hauntings, not body possessions - a tape! Perhaps in time she'll master the art of DVD burning? And what is the point of this evil tape? To kill people as she was killed. Okayyyyyy. But traditionally, an angry spirit wants those who were responsible for harming it to be killed - not complete and innocent strangers! What's up with that? And when the clues on the tape are deciphered and the body is recovered, is the vengence over? Nope. So what's the point? Kill everyone on the planet? Good call.
The kid in the movie was cheap knock off of the boy from The Sixth Sense, all spooky silent walking and big eyes. And the mom looked like one of those sitcom aunts that suddenly has to take care of a kid that wasn't hers. Wackiness ensues. And how does someone find a lighthouse so quickly from a blurry video frame? Dang, she must be a better researcher than people give her credit for.
Creepy images and tons of atmosphere but the movie didn't do anything for me. I prefer movies with resolution not supernatural "gotchas" that never end. The movie has further solidified my opinion that all movie children are evil.