great spookiness and some very good general frights with some terrifying aspects and situations. the nice haunting segments and the special effect involved in the house situations were good, believable and scary. the story was nicely contrived and had a very distinct retro feel to it. kind of like a homage to the great horror movies of the past. it harkens back to old school omen and exorcist with its situation horror and general terror throughout. it holds it own as a modern horror flick that would go over great at a party of friends or a date flick for that couple that loves to jump.
unfortunately this movie falls prey to the most common and lazy thing that horror movie directors allow themselves to be subjected to, CGI. i call it lazy because its just damned sloppy and a pain in the ass as a viewer because of how out of place it looks. the CGI in the movie is so poorly done that this movie seems more like it had the budget of a Sci-Fi original movie instead of a major motion picture. they use it quite liberally too and it really bothered me while i was watching it, for the amount of shit, faux blood, oddly colored body fluids and bugs, it would seem the actress didnt mind getting down and dirty for the role, so why skip the computer mumbo jumbo and just keep it with the cheap and easy of reality?
all bullshit aside, it was a good movie and i liked it quite a bit. i plan on buying it on dvd when it comes out, if only for Bojana Novakovic. i have been trying since i got home to find a decent picture of her. she plays the gypsy curse giver's grand daughter. i had never seen her before today, but good goddamn, that chick is gorgeous and her sexy gypsy accent just melted me in my seat.
so i suppose that the point of this whole thing is, if you like horror movies that can look a bit schlocky at times and yet still have a solid plot with some good thrills and scares, check it out. you will not be disappointed.
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