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Warning! This movie is not a horror movie!

posted 13 years ago by Rynobro
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For those of you who are looking for a scary movie, this isn't it. It's not a horror movie... If anything, this is very similar in genre to "The Orphanage." It does have elements similar to that of a horror film, but is not presented that way at all. I wish I say that it was just mis-marketed, but it really wasn't. The trailer was a fair representation of what the movie was and would be. It was just too little of the movie for us not to expect the film to be a scary one... Do yourself a favor, and know going in that what you are about to see, while is a good movie, is not a horror film and you will be horribly disappointed if expecting one.

[–] MrRazorz 12 years ago

It's really more of a thriller/mystery than a horror. It's a very tense film, relying on a mounting sense of dread and creeping danger rather than the shock and gore factor that horror films (especially modern ones) tend to use. Enjoy the film for what it is, but don't go in expecting A Paranormal Saw Spends Halloween at a Hostel on Elm Street.

[–] Xcalat3 9 years ago

Actually it is a horror movie but not a very good one at all.

Libera te tu temet ex inferis.
pro ego sum diabolus, pro ego sum nex.

[–] Prelude (1443) 8 years ago

It's basically the same deal as The Babadook, [spoiler] where it's a psychological issue that creates an illusion of a supernatural antagonist.[/spoiler]

That being the case, I'm still not sure, though, why [spoiler] the dad's issues got transferred to the daughter when she has no knowledge of the situation from the past concerning her dad's father. [/spoiler]