Truly the worst movie I've ever seen in a theater

Don't Believe the Hype

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Placed under house arrest, a bitter young woman has trouble convincing others that an intruder or ghostly presence is responsible for mysterious goings-on at her home in this mix of horror, comedy and mystery elements from New Zealand. The film benefits from a superb turn by Rima Te Wiata as the protagonist's superstitious mother who has always believed that her house is haunted but who is more perturbed by her daughter's antisocial behaviour. Glen-Paul Waru has some fun moments too as a local law enforcement officer who believes in the paranormal. The overall film though is less impressive. One of the biggest issues is the frequent genre hopping. The movie jumps between mystery, thriller, horror and comedy mode without ever smoothly blending these elements. Some sections are deadly serious while others are uncannily comedic (fending off a killer with a xylophone) with little consistency throughout. The biggest drawback though is the fact that the film's protagonist is utterly obnoxious. She is such an angry, moody, ungrateful young woman that it is hard to care what happens to her. There are, however, some fun psychobabble moments late in the piece with her shrink suggesting that all the horror is merely in her mind. The house set design is great too, but overall it is hard to watch this film without recalling how much better 'Disturbia' did its similar premise.

Yeah, it was cool.Would like it better if things turned out to be really supernatural. But this was a cool film to spend the evening. It's worth it. The house shown in the film was perhaps too small to have a secret dungeon - other than that, there was no defect in the film for a common watcher like me.

This is a great little movie, but you have to accept it for what it is: it's quirky, it's British comedy, and it's also a murder mystery with a smattering of paranormal worked in.If you go into it expecting either a traditional horror film or a traditional comedy, you won't like it. Just sit back, open your mind, and let it pleasantly surprise you. (Yes, it's a little campy here and there, but that's part of the fun)

Is it scary? No not really, nothing that hasn't been done. The acting is mediocre and the main characters have no redeeming qualities. It's hard to connect with a spoiled apathetic brat. Ten minutes into the movie I was hoping she would die violently. I don't much care for the parents either. I honestly spent the entire movie hoping the evil wins and they all die terribly.There is far better suspense/horror movies out there. Sure there are far worse ones too but I wouldn't waist your time with a clichéd horror movie that can't even give you characters you can care about. I give it a three out of ten for not being that scary, mediocre acting and story.