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Being the third film in a series, it's good compared to some threequels in the past and it's a heck of a lot better than the second one.
Unlike the second movie this movie doesn't wait till the last twenty minutes to actually be scary. Right from the beginning about ten minutes in the scares start. Now, unlike the previous two films this movie relies on quick "BOO" type of scares whereas the other two films were more psychological. While there were tons of quick "BOO" scares this movie never felt suspenseful, I wasn't on the edge of my seat nor was I squeezing my jacket but the quick scares do work. After leaving the theater I wasn't shaking in fear like I was with the movie Insidious, which came out back in April. However when I went to bed I couldn't sleep. So in a way this movie was effective to me but the first one was better. The acting was good and the little girls were great, they didn't manage to annoy me like some child actors in horror movies do. The story was good but missing a few things. I also loved the camera they put on the fan so that it slowly shifts from left to right. I thought that was very creative and the perfect set up for some nice scares but they didn't take full advantage of it. Which was kind of sad because this had so much potential and they could have done so much.
The story as I said was good but it was missing a few things. I thought the house was suppose to burn down? They mention it in the first film and it was in the trailer. Speaking of the trailer almost 70% of the things in the trailer did not make the final cut which was disappointing. Another problem with this movie is that its formulaic. It's the same type of scenario from the first films even though I do give them props for trying to be creative with the cameras. Speaking of the cameras, gee I never knew that had HD Cameras in 1988? This kind of ruined the film a bit, maybe if they used actual cameras from 1988 I would have bought into this more. My final complaint is the ending. What the hell is with all this cult crap now in these found footage movies? Is this some kind of Fad? This reminded me of The Last Exorcism that came out last summer. It was the same scenario, it was creepy then the cult crap came in the end and ruined it. While the cult crap here in this movie did not completely kill it, it almost did.
Overall, it has some nice scares, good acting, I also forgot to mention that is was actually funny in some parts(it wasn't unintentionally funny, they purposely put in funny parts), and some nice camera work but the ending was disappointing, the cameras were HD cameras even though this is suppose to take place in 1988, they were missing some parts of the story, and this is the same exact thing as the first two films but in a different time period. The first one was still the best in my opinion and compared to Insidious it's not equally as scary, Insidious was definitely the best horror movie of the year or even in the last 5 years but nonetheless this was still good.
