Based on a true story, a "ghost-hunter" couple in 1971 are summoned to eradicate demons from a haunted house in Rhode Island. Directed by Saw creator James Wan, this is a very clever horror movie. Haunted house cliches infiltrate every corner, but there's also an abundance of well-crafted scary false alarms, each without a decent payoff, making the viewer constantly vigilant of even the most irrelevant visual element in each scene. Farmiga is perfect in her role as the clairvoyant medium, Wilson repeats his team-up with the director from Insidious, and the movie's last line couldn't have been more pleasurable:
"There's a call for another case in Long Island."
Mo says:
I picked this up on a whim some time ago and just got around to watching it tonight. At first I wasn't impressed at all but it soon drew me in, I had countless genuine frights. I have to say that this is without doubt the best ghost story movie I have ever seen.
ReplyDeleteWow! That's a grand statement. What you said made me think if I've seen any scarier ghost movie. I found the first "Paranormal Activity" and "The Ring" freaked me out more.
DeleteI was thinking of straight ghost stories, like Amityville or Poltergeist. The Ring freaked me out too but I have yet to see Paranormal Activity. I will remedy that soon though.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely watch the first Paranormal Activity alone and in a dark room, for full effect. And only watch the first one. The second and third were terrible ripoffs of the first, and unfortunately, the fourth movie was pretty good, meaning you have to suffer through those two to enjoy the fourth.
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