Could have been better....

Rating: 6/10 (4 March 2012)

Anticipation played a big part in the viewing experience with this movie, hoping to see Daniel Radcliffe break out of his Harry Potter persona. Unfortunately, the movie was overall, a let-down. Daniel adopted the role very well and I was impressed with his ability to succeed in this type of film but the movie turned out to be a "quick package, big hype for the biggest buck" type of movie. For a horror, it did well in the "take your high school girlfriend to scare the crap out of her" scary moments but the plot was somewhat weak. Not a lot of thought was put into this movie and I felt it was created more for the "scare a minute" factor than actual storyline substance. It was almost as if the creators were desperate to get as many screams from girls at this movie than critic approvals. Not a bad movie but could have been a lot better with a little effort.