This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Blistering performances.

I liked it. Average score of 5.3 is really low for this one. It's not a classic or a masterpiece, but it's well directed, spooky and I even found it quite consistent. I really like these psychological sort of horror movies rather than splatter gore stuff. The cast is mostly adults here and of course the children, but this movie is clearly not aimed at young audience, but rather for people a bit older, parents of children will probably feel it the most as it is about loss of a child.I was a bit bummed to read that the author didn't like this (if the review really was his), but then again, I don't know if original authors ever do like adaptations. I think the movie works pretty well, even tho there are a few twists that might confuse. I think they were handled quite well actually.Only downside I could figure out is the sound editing and fx. They did go where the fence is lowest and add cheap fx where appropriate. You really wouldn't have needed an fx every time something a bit scary hits the screen. Maybe I'll try to watch this without sound later.Give it a shot if you like spooky horror. The scenery is really nice to look at if nothing else.

If you are a horror movie fan, and you want a horror film without any explicit stuff, then this film can be watched.Story is about a mother and daughter visiting the father in Wales, when the daughter goes missing and in her place comes a girl presumed to be from the dead. The rest is about how it all happened and whether the couple's child is able to return or not.The storyline is weak and unimpressive. But the locales of shooting are good, the acting is fine, there aren't many thrills, and no vulgarity at all. The ending is something I did not understand.You can watch this, but whether you like it or not depends...

I absolutely love this movie. I bought it several years back when it came as a Silent Hill double DVD bundle. It is similar to Silent Hill as a mother goes to the depths of the underworld to save her child. It remains a unique story in it's own right, introducing the American public to an almost Lovecraftian segment of Welsh Mythology.The acting is good. Sean Bean is always a treat. I read the user review of the author, and I am disappointed that they didn't like the way the movie turned out. I got all the ideas described and more, although it is subtle will be lost on a disengaged audience. I found the story absorbing. I sympathized with the characters. They were all complex and written very well. If you like Silent Hill, you may like this one as well.

Spoiler: Fantasy sequel:The movie leaves lots open at the end. I guess after the movie finishes, the ghost father will end up helping the mother find her daughter, get her back to our reality from the dead world and then subsequently swap the possessed girl with her actual daughter and a happy ending for all at the end of the sequel. If there ever was going to be a sequel which there won't be.Sean Bean was good. I don't blame ghost girl for wanting him to be my dad. And mother was an idiot. I don't blame ghost girl for leaving her where she ended up either.The movie tries, but doesn't deliver.