An average movie

It had been a while since I saw a good old fashioned ghost story, plus, I was pretty sure that Nick, my step-son, would be interested so we ended up watching this flick. Personally, I think I was a good choice for Daniel Radcliffe to pick up a project like this one after the massive Harry Potter franchise. Indeed, it is something really different and there wasn’t a massive all-star cast behind him (indeed, except maybe for Ciaran Hinds, there was no familiar figures involved) so he really had to carry the whole thing by himself. Eventually, I thought he was quite believable, even though you might argue that he looked a bit young to be a father. Still, while watching this, I couldn’t help thinking that an ambitious, reckless and arrogant young man would have been more suited but I guess that’s how the story was written originally. Above all, the whole thing looked great and you really had a feeling of this time period but, still, the story itself was not really amazing. I mean, it was some pretty standard horror stuff and while it was fairly entertaining, it was also quite forgettable. To conclude, in spite of its flaws, it remains a well made feature and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10