YOU DEMANDED IT, so here it is, the newest dumb scary movie that everyone won't care about a month from now that you demanded. You probably should have demanded something a little more useful, like faithful, honest politicians in your government, better public education, an intelligent strategy to get us out of the current financial crisis, or infinite more demands. But you wanted this movie, and its too late to change your mind now sucker. So here it is.A movie about paranormal activities...
The story is that THERE ARE GHOSTS OH NO LOOK OUT FOR THE DOOR SLAMMING BY ITSELF DON'T SEE THIS MOVIE ALONE!!! You have two main characters, who are a couple, each in their mid to late 20's, who live in a house, and sleep in a bed together. Don't see this movie alone. The movie begins with Micah, which isn't a real name (despite it being the actors real name), buys a video camera to document all the weird shit going on. We learn that his girlfriend Katie has been having weird occurrences (like her house burning down) happening to her since she was 8 years old, and the rest of the movie takes place in the bedroom at night while the two sleep. We get two other characters later, one which is Katie's sister, or friend, or something, and the other who is a spazoid psychic guy who tells us that Katie is being stalked by a demon.
Don't see this movie alone. Because half of it takes place in the couples bedroom and that would make you a creep.
The movie takes advantage of its documentary/homemade feel and lets the audience suspend disbelief by letting them imagine that this is all really happening. And that's it. That's the hook. We're treated to scenes of the couple talking about pointless shit, to show they are a real couple, and then scenes in the bedroom at night where we wait for 3 minutes to hear weird sounds and see the lights down the hallway being turned on. As the movie progresses, more and more lights are turned on, until the couple can't sleep any more and has to get up to turn them off.
Although the "this is really happening" feel works well, the fact that the movie takes place over multiple nights doesn't. As things get worst there becomes no reason for the couple to stay in the house. The "the demon will only follow you where ever you go" explanation tries to handle this problem, but for real, if there was a demon in my house, fuck that. I would go to a public place, or invite a bunch of people over, or tell the news, or... get a dog, or something. They seriously do nothing to help their situation, and as it gets worst, all they do is keep going to sleep in the same bed and waiting for the same shit to happen again.
In this movie we find out that Demons are really just the ghosts of Velociraptors.
Micah, what a dumb name, does try to solve the problem, but he does it like some kind of retard. And although his character has some funny lines in the movie, he gets really annoying as he more or less acts like a pissed off boyfriend the whole time. When Katie wants to call an exorcist, tough guy says "No" because it will only make it worst (what?) and that its his house and that he's going to beat that loser Demon's ass for messing with his girl. He continues to not take any of it seriously, even after its been established that there is actually a demon running around, and it makes things worst. And even though the fucking thing is invisible, he always reacts by running around and trying to find out who did it. The door slams. Oh NO, I wonder who did that, lets look around to see if they are hiding, even though we already have proof that it was an invisible demon.
And even though this movie wasn't really scary (sorry I just don't find door slamming on their own to be frightening) I know that if this shit was happening to me for real, it would be terrifying. no way would I sit around waiting for something else to happen. I wouldn't be able to sleep in the same bed again after thinking "Hey that demon might show up again tonight." So I see no reason why they stayed in the house, or didn't try to improve their situation somehow. By the end of the movie, everything has been built up to where you know something is going to happen, and then the movie ends stupidly. Its just really lame. There's no pay off at all. Just a cheap scare.
I just wanted to throw this in.
In reality the movie isn't that bad, but it isn't that good. Or any good. It isn't good at all, and I find myself going between the thought "It could be worst" and "so could a lot of things, and this movie is hyped up the butt" and I come to the conclusion that I don't really care. I just wrote this review because my other reviews have a tendency to be very long, and I'm wanted to see if the length of my reviews was at all related to me liking the movies or not. I still can't tell.
I think the only reason anyone really likes this movie is because its an "Independent Movie" and you should like things that are independent. Even if they're not that good. It's a movie that seriously anyone could have made, seriously, so don't see it alone. Or pay for your ticket. You should sneak in. But not alone.
6 out of 10 hypes up the butt
