Cert: 18 cert (R-rated)
Director: Mac Carter
Written by : Andrew Barrer
Starring: Liana Liberato, Ione Skye,Harrison Gilbertson, Jacki Weaver,Danielle Chuchran, Jan Broberg
Running time: 86 min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: Two teenage engaging in sex
Violence & Gore: ghostly figure is seen, girl is seen being beaten, hammer is seen use as a weapon with blood spraying over the walls.
Profanity: use of a f word is use
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: reference to father drink being drunk
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Ghostly figure may appear to be very frightening to some viewers
Story: A mother and father and their three teen-age children move to a new home that has a "personal tragedy" associated with it. The son meets a mysterious neighbor girl and together they experiment with an old radio they find in an attic alcove that can be used to communicate with the dead. Something is unleashed that brings new horror.
Likes : This isn't a bad effort for a horror film, it keeps it dark moody creepy feel through the film, with a era of mystery to whats going on it doesn't reveal the shocking dark truth until the very end which keeps you watch it.
Acting is pretty solid to set a creepy moody & setting to the house, it got its good point but it also has some bad points although this is a film good for watch the once.its a Fairly standard haunted house thriller that owes a great deal to THE AMITYVILLE HORROR and practically every other Stephen King ghost story out out which isn't badly done just lacking in pace as it tends to drag on really in places.
simple effective effects and storyline combined with subtle performances give this movie a much higher quality feel to it than it probably looked on paper. great film with a surprisingly R-rating which is hardly anything R-rated about it, given the great scary atmosphere and context of the story line.. just shows you don't need nudity and explicit gore shots to make a little horror film especially one with such a twisted ending look good.
The movie it's self is much like The Conjuring, creates a chilling atmosphere and that dread at the pit of your stomach at the beginning its kind of like insidious in some part in a way but all in all his isnt a bad horror film to watch once.
Dislikes : I think the lack of pace & less things going on kind of ruin the film slightly, a film like this has potential it could of been alot scarier than it was, i think with a little more pace & more things happening this could of been a brilliant haunted house film but it fall short of that.
Overall : Not a bad horror film, good special effects, dark atmospheric tone, good acting
Rating: 3.1 out of 5 for entertainment / 6 out of 10 for story-line & horror theme
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