Thanks to some decent editing... or actually the one scene that got my attention, of the little girl under the bed ... I fell for renting this movie. Boooo. I really thought it had potential. But I was wrong. The writing for this movie was insanely horrible... like written by a 5th grader horrible... and definitely not by one of those 5th graders that people try to see if they are smarter than.
The acting was slightly better than the dialogue (which wouldn't take much) since I will give them the benefit of the doubt that they didn't have much to work with. Just for an example, the child actor actually yelled out her own name when calling to the babysitter, and because I thought I was mistaken, I put on subtitles and verified... yup, she sure did (and they left it in?).
The story could have actually been interesting but they decided to go another route.... bore us and anger us for actually paying to watch this poop. Also there were some funny holes or questions at the end of the movie that made you go... what the heck? I gave them an extra star for the scene in the movie trailer.
Don't waste your time or money.... really not worth it.
******** Maybe Spoilery, so just in case, don't read the next bit***
The What the Heck, was how could the lead character, who went on about her great friends during the first half of the movie, suddenly not give a crap about what happened to them. She found one friend but then had the attitude -- "F the rest of those guys... we really weren't that close!". Yeah I can see why she didn't pause or turn around when her "friend" the handyman got hauled into the house, since they definitely weren't that close. But not even wondering about anyone else? And just running away like "F this, I'm out of here!", Kinda funny actually. Stupid, but slightly funny. So the last 6 minutes are unintentionally funny due to crazy bad dialogue and a character that went from so sweet and caring to F u all I am saving myself. Also, they showed the grandmother, like she was going to be significant, said she flatlined, showed her in the mirror for a second and never did anything or said anything about it during the rest of the movie. What a waste of film. The amulet wasn't even searched for or mentioned except once near the end. The writing in blood on the wall was never translated from German and last we saw one of her friends, it looked like she was trying to figure it out. You never even know what happened to the other friend at all after she went to bed. Seriously, both those girls are probably going to wake up tomorrow and wonder why their good friend burned rubber, leaving them to die. I expect there to be awkward moments of silence when they meet up again, and perhaps they will rethink their friendship with this selfish B.
The acting was slightly better than the dialogue (which wouldn't take much) since I will give them the benefit of the doubt that they didn't have much to work with. Just for an example, the child actor actually yelled out her own name when calling to the babysitter, and because I thought I was mistaken, I put on subtitles and verified... yup, she sure did (and they left it in?).
The story could have actually been interesting but they decided to go another route.... bore us and anger us for actually paying to watch this poop. Also there were some funny holes or questions at the end of the movie that made you go... what the heck? I gave them an extra star for the scene in the movie trailer.
Don't waste your time or money.... really not worth it.
******** Maybe Spoilery, so just in case, don't read the next bit***
The What the Heck, was how could the lead character, who went on about her great friends during the first half of the movie, suddenly not give a crap about what happened to them. She found one friend but then had the attitude -- "F the rest of those guys... we really weren't that close!". Yeah I can see why she didn't pause or turn around when her "friend" the handyman got hauled into the house, since they definitely weren't that close. But not even wondering about anyone else? And just running away like "F this, I'm out of here!", Kinda funny actually. Stupid, but slightly funny. So the last 6 minutes are unintentionally funny due to crazy bad dialogue and a character that went from so sweet and caring to F u all I am saving myself. Also, they showed the grandmother, like she was going to be significant, said she flatlined, showed her in the mirror for a second and never did anything or said anything about it during the rest of the movie. What a waste of film. The amulet wasn't even searched for or mentioned except once near the end. The writing in blood on the wall was never translated from German and last we saw one of her friends, it looked like she was trying to figure it out. You never even know what happened to the other friend at all after she went to bed. Seriously, both those girls are probably going to wake up tomorrow and wonder why their good friend burned rubber, leaving them to die. I expect there to be awkward moments of silence when they meet up again, and perhaps they will rethink their friendship with this selfish B.