an enjoyable and scary experience

Rating: 6/10 (29 February 2012)

I really enjoyed this movie. The set up is very atmospheric and dark. The plot creates depth involving the town people and the main character which created interest in the story for myself quite early in the movie. Although horror clichés, the suspense, scare tactics and ominious tones create an eerie atmosphere which left me quite tense throughout the whole movie.
Daniel Radcliffe portrays the character very well and doesn't look un-natural playing a character other then Harry Potter.
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The ending for me went from disappointing to very good for me
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i really liked how after the train hits the main character and his son you see him holding his son as if they had safely been nestled to the side. I honestly thought they had survived for a moment.obviously after you see the platform is empty i realised they had died. The best part of this for me was when they see his deceased wife/childs mother waiting on the tracks for them. I think this differenciates this from a standard twist to almost in some manner a happy ending.
A thoroughly enjoyable movie