Rating of
2/4
Trailer is scarier than the actual product!!
Lee - wrote on 12/03/12
I guess seeing this in the theatre up on the big screen would make this more scary then it was (I was priveledged enough to see a home copy that was lent to me by a freind of mine who gets screeners sent to him) However that being said i would have to say over all the film itself was creepy but i guess i dont scare that easily as i only jumped once or twice (Unlike movies like the Paranormal films where you can find me plastered to the ceiling) the scariest thing about this flick was the soundtrack...plan on looking for a copy of this to buy and play on the next Halloween!
I also have to mention that the storyline here was one of the creepiest i have seen in a while... Ethan Hawke portrays true crime novelist Elison Oswalt who after having a run of bad books moves his family of 4 into a house that the former tenants also a family were hung from a tree (Elison finds the footage from this grisly murder along with other Super 8 murders in his attic) this spurs on his next writing project and gets caught up in watching the films that he has found for his homework. The more films he watches however the more supernatural activity keeps occuring in his new home.
The death of the family that lived there before is still being investigated as the daughter of the family has disapeared something Elison hopes to uncover whilst writing his next book. Investigating this crime puts his family at danger of course.
Overall a very creepy film however light on the scare factor in my opinion.
