It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

I heard this film was just so-so and put off seeing it for years. I'm so glad I gave it a chance. I feel it's highly underrated and unseen. It is beautifully filmed, highly atmospheric and spooky in all the right ways! I like to call these "quiet" horror films. There isn't much dialog or action, just good old-fashioned spooky atmosphere. Don't let it fool you - there are some genuinely good scares and creepy moment throughout! The story is also endearing and so is Radcliffe's performance. The makeup and costuming as well as filming and cinematography are classically outstanding, and will hold up for years to come. I highly recommend watching - especially during October.

I still don't understand why this movie is labeled as a drama-fantasy movie when it is obviously a clean horror movie. I loved the film. Daniel is one hell of an actor and he showed it again here. The tension building and the atmosphere are over the top with the typical dark british weather. The only thing that I didn't like were some of the typical horror movie scenes, especially the scenes with the dog barking and the moving chair, but still, it is one of the better horror movies I've watched in recent time.

It could have been worse, but also a lot better. The atmosphere is great, Gothic, darkly and captivating, the first half an hour is interesting enough, but after a while it all goes astray. Plenty of cheap jump scares (way too many), all of the same kind (a sudden apparition), the storytelling gets slower and slower and nothing much happens until the very predictable climax. There's also an attempt at a twist end, but that doesn't work either.What got me the least about this movie is the huge amount of horror clichés, I won't spoil anything, but let me just say that the story itself is a clichè in its entirety. And also the acting of the main character is disappointing, it is quite dull and lacking any expressiveness. The guy only has one single expression (something like an astonished fish) throughout the movie, whatever occurs to him or to other people around. If you get scared by this and you're past your teen years, probably horror is not your genre of film and you should watch something else.

I don't often watch horror movies, but this was an exception. I don't dislike the genre, I just prefer others. However I had heard good things about this movie and was able to watch it for free so I sat down with some friends and gave it a try. For the first act, I enjoyed it quite a lot. The lead character, played by Daniel Radcliffe, is by far the strongest part of the movie and as the entire first act was focusing on his characterisation I enjoyed it a lot. Daniel Radcliffe was perfectly cast in a refreshingly different role for him; he was realistic enough to believe and a well written character for the purpose of the story. My only gripe is that there were a couple of false notes in Daniel Radcliffe's acting which stood out once or twice, but nothing big. The rest of the cast is agreeable as well; the only other main cast member, Ciarán Hinds' Sam Daily was believable and did his job well, even if his character lacked an interesting enough arc. A major issue with this movie is that it is traditional and clichéd to a fault. The characters are very traditional to such a horror movie (there is of course the frightened locals and the sceptical rich guy who won't believe a word of ghost stories), and there are also the traits and clichés that you might find in any 90's horror movie. The third act is especially weak. It becomes unbearably traditional, in that it lacks originality. However the worst part of the movie by far is the extremely poor ending that not only undermines the rest of the movie but makes everything up to that point look weak. It's over the top, very predictable and perhaps even silly. Still, at least the movie doesn't bore.There are a few other ups and downs about this movie. There are some genuinely effective jump scares, and some good set pieces that work well to create the mood. The writing and directing is good enough, but nothing special. The soundtrack is good and sticks out in multiple scenes, and thus lifting the movie somewhat. Finally there is some poor editing (in particular in the sound department) that needs to be fixed, but nothing too big. In the end you will probably enjoy the majority of this movie, which is helpfully lifted by Daniel Radcliffe, but even he can't save some of the movie's flaws, in particular the very weak ending.