Konterr Brilliant and touching

mraculeated The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Leoni Haney Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

stvstt Funnily enough I didn't mind it being a bit mimical of Poltergeist, or even The Manitou. The acting was crisp enough, and I like the idea that instead of the wholesome family under siege, this one was dysfunctional, with each one fighting their own demons (rather than the supernatural ones). This movie brimmed with ideas.The problem, I thought, with this movie is its pacing. I thought that the first half of the movie was unnecessarily long and tended to drag out the suspense until there really wasn't any suspense left. This meant that their was little time to get into the heart of the characters and their individual flaws, let alone the medium who appears too much near the end of the film.I felt that whilst this movie borrowed a lot from Poltergeist, it went to too many lengths trying not to be Poltergeist, and as a result the project suffered.A pity really because this movie had all the elements of being a great movie, but squandered it on timing. Elementary mistake.

Raymond There are both good and bad reviews of this film. I like my dose of supernatural horror so I went into it open minded. Pretty big names as actors and the director of Wolf Creek, so why not.A family goes camping in grand canyon, autist boy picks up some indian rocks from a cave, an imaginary friend appears at home, weird things start to happen, family seems to break up.In short, it's somewhat well made, but script lacks. It's never that engaging and the characters aren't THAT likable. Kevin Bacon is pretty good in the lead, but in all honesty I was thinking whether he's a bit old for such role already at almost 60 (feels weird Kevin Bacon is that old!). A minor detail, but he seems to play a role better suited for a 40 something.The script is the worst here tho, not a lot feels relevant. In the beginning they are camping with friends, but we never hear from the friends again. There's plenty of family drama (eating disorder, alcohol, extramarital affair), none of which really work in the whole. On the other hand their sons autism would've deserved a lot more script time. The story is not very interesting really.And who was that imaginary Jenny in the end? Maybe I just missed it.It feels really strange that they got known actors, not only Kevin Bacon, but Radha Mitchell and Paul Reiser in this, while it's clearly a passable b-movie. Watch it if there isn't anything better available, but don't expect a masterpiece.

Arun George Greg McLean's 'The Darkness' is an exercise in clichés. The film tries almost every trick in the book in an attempt to rise above the rest but ends up looking thoroughly lacklustre. McLean is more a master of the torture-porn kind of horror than the supernatural and hence, this effort looks forced and half-baked. Kevin Bacon and Radha Mitchell try to do justice to their poorly written characters. The screenplay itself is devoid of any major scares (jumpscares even!). The climax is again too easily predictable and plays out more like a TV show than a film.

manuelasaez Blumhouse continues to ruin and defile the horror genre by releasing one of worst films I have seen in my life. It's amazing how one production company can have such a negative influence in my favorite genre, and nothing can be done to stop them. It's also baffling to me that a movie with such A+ talent attached to it (Kevin Bacon, Radha Mitchell, Ming-Na Wen) can yield such a sub-par film. It seemed like most of the budget was allocated to paying the actors, with very little left over for adding any real horror to the movie. The special effects were such a joke, that I have seen Found-footage films do a better job at being convincing. It's film-making like this that ruin cinema for me, and one of the reasons why I stopped going to the movies so often. Blumhouse, please do the world a favor and stop making movies. Your contributions are offensive and are almost always reviled by anyone who sees them. Stop ruining horror just to simply turn a profit. You are the absolute worst thing to happen to movies since Uwe Boll decided to start directing them.