An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since it was starring Teresa Palmer, I thought I might as well check it out. I actually forgot that it was also David F. Sandberg’s directorial debut. Like many others, he started with a cheap horror flick which made a lot of money at the box office and it launched his career. Well, I understand why it did well at the box office because it turned out to be a very well made horror movie after all. Indeed, it was fairly simple but quite effective to have this dark silhouette showing up when it was dark and suddenly disappearing when the light was on again. The cast including Teresa Palmer and Maria Bello was also quite solid and the characters, while still fairly underdeveloped, were not bad. Eventually, the only issue was that it seemed that they couldn’t make up their mind if the origins of this threat should have been even more abstract or then fully explained. As a result, they somewhat explained where Diana was coming from but, after all, they never told the whole story about what was the deal with her and what exactly happened to her. Eventually , this approach turned out to be rather frustrating and, in my opinion,  it would have been more satisfying if they took a really abstract approach and kept her as a really ominous and mysterious being. As displayed in this movie and many classics in this genre, the less you show or explain, the more creepy it becomes automatically. Another thing was that the link with depression which was apparently central when they started this project did disappear in the background with this rather half-baked paranormal stuff. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, I have to admit that it was a solid horror flick and it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

6/10