I wouldn't say that I'm sorry that I watched this movie - but, at the same time, I also can't say that I particularly enjoyed it. It has a lot going for it. The atmosphere is truly creepy - from the subdued but mysterious and even eerie performances of Lizzy Caplan and Antony Starr as Peter's parents, to the dark feel of the house they live in, to the setting of the movie at Hallowe'en. All that worked to make this a mysterious and vaguely frightening movie for much of its runtime, without feeling the need to resort to anything particularly gruesome or gory.
But the movie changes in what I'd guess is its last half hour or so (I wasn't watching the time closely.) And that last part of the movie really starts to drag. It loses it "creepy" feel and turns into a fairly predictable type of horror movie - blood, gore, etc. That was less effective and less enjoyable than the more suspenseful feel that characterized probably two thirds of the film's run.
Woody Norman - the young actor who played Peter - did a good job as a young boy being tormented and bullied at school and who's becoming very uneasy at home, hearing noises and voices from the walls of his bedroom, and having to deal with his over-protective and unpredictable parents. Cleopatra Coleman as Peter's teacher Miss Devine was all right.
There's nothing incredibly innovative or noteworthy about it. If you start to watch it you'll stick it out until the end (even with that kind of dragged out last third) just because there is enough suspense to have pulled you in, and you need to see how it turns out.
Overall, I'd give this a 4/10.
But the movie changes in what I'd guess is its last half hour or so (I wasn't watching the time closely.) And that last part of the movie really starts to drag. It loses it "creepy" feel and turns into a fairly predictable type of horror movie - blood, gore, etc. That was less effective and less enjoyable than the more suspenseful feel that characterized probably two thirds of the film's run.
Woody Norman - the young actor who played Peter - did a good job as a young boy being tormented and bullied at school and who's becoming very uneasy at home, hearing noises and voices from the walls of his bedroom, and having to deal with his over-protective and unpredictable parents. Cleopatra Coleman as Peter's teacher Miss Devine was all right.
There's nothing incredibly innovative or noteworthy about it. If you start to watch it you'll stick it out until the end (even with that kind of dragged out last third) just because there is enough suspense to have pulled you in, and you need to see how it turns out.
Overall, I'd give this a 4/10.
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