Why is this so revered?
To me it felt very cliche and full of really corny acting.
shareAt the time, it was an original movie in a year of horror sequels. Today it's cliché, but in 2013, it was nice to have a ghost story that wasn't found footage or shaky cam.
shareYou are probably right. At the time it looks like Insidious and Black Swan were the only horror movies making big splashes in creativity and grandiose. I still don't think that just because it wasn't similar to what was coming out beforehand with Saw and Paranormal Activity that it should be considered good.
You basically have a rehashing of Poltergeist without the style and without the acting. It was likely an attempt by the production studios to recapture the golden era of horror. I think their agenda is apparent and what turns me off from it. To me, it takes a step backward on what those previous films accomplished.
That's fair. Personally, I enjoyed it for what it was. I remember getting tired of the horror at the time. Horror has moments where the trends become stale and the conjuring occurred around the begging of the insidious trend and at the end of the high gore flicks. Right now, it seems like we have a mix of indie Horror, sequels, and revamps of old Series.
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