Touches You

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

A girl plays around contacting the spirit world and gets more than she bargins for.From the opening scene this looks like it is going to a found footage movie like Rec - it is not.It has a very European feel to it and does not mind taking its time. The first half an hour of the film is all about characterization. You really get to walk a mile in the shoes of a school girl shouldering the responsibility of raising her younger siblings.The camera, lighting and set design is absolutely amazing. It is one of those films that makes you appreciate HD.As the film slowly winds up to some super natural action the time spent building a connection with the characters really pays off. I was really concerned about the characters and what the impending evil would bring.The only problem with this film is it is massively front loaded. When things finally come to a head it feels a bit of an anti-climax.Very well made, an enjoyable watch - but feels a bit limp in retrospect.

The reason I gave 1 star even though a few interesting things like the acting and slightly on the metaphor of the teenage girl, is because I believe they or Netflix were putting out fake articles/reviews about it being the scariest movie out there and "people not able to watch it completely" was a common thing said. Total internet marketing scam trying to follow the Blair Witch Project marketing plan. I fell for it and it didn't take me very long to figure this out while watching movie. This was not a scary movie, it was metaphoric movie regarding the teenage girl and what this represents for her. Very predictable, overused scare tactics and images. I will not watch the movie again to see all the goofs, but there are plenty. For example, when the girls are playing pageant girls, one talks about artificial intelligence with a 1991 setting. Don't waste your time watching this, I wish I didn't!

Competently acted, shot, written. But it took me about ten tries to watch it in its entirety - not because it was terrifying or off-putting (which it is neither) but because it is just not that gripping or novel. It's a spirit board movie; they have been done to death, then contacted and resurrected with a spirit board, and then done to death all over again.

I was so excited to watch this because of the dumb --obviously fake---- news article about how it was the scariest movie ever and Netflix users had to turn it off in the middle. Ugh. Don't fall for the hype. This is a very AVERAGE scary movie. I give it 7 stars because 1) it has a story that kinda makes sense 2) Catholic schools with blind nuns and basements are creepy 3) the little boy in the movie is fricking adorable 4) I love foreign movies 5) Ouja boards are scary. DO NOT mess with them 6) full Monty ghost was creepy 7) special effects were pretty convincing. Somehow, I fell asleep at the very end of the movie. So, I have no idea how it ended. It wasn't that scary.