Derivative, but not dreadful by any means

Supernatural horror based on director Lars Klevberg's 2015 short of the same name. A girl named Bird (Kathryn Prescott) comes into possession of an old Polaroid camera. When she uses it to take pictures of her friends, a mysterious, blurry figure develops on the photographs behind them. Soon afterwards, they die. As Bird and her rapidly dwindling group try to unravel the mystery and solve the cause of the deaths, she discovers that whatever 'it' is is coming for her too.

Elements of this reminded me of The Ring, Final Destination, Shutter, and Lights Out. But despite being derivative, the story isn't bad, and it takes a couple of unexpected turns (I guessed twist A - I didn't see twist B coming). There is an over-reliance on jump-scares, but there are some creepy scenes too. The cast of 'pretty young things' do well, with solid support from old hands Mitch Pileggi (The X-Files, Return of the Living Dead Part II, Supernatural), Grace Zabriskie (Twin Peaks, Child's Play 2, The Grudge), and Javier Botet - who seems to have cornered the market in spindly, jerk-motion, demonic entities. The only thing that puzzled me was the pre-credits sequence, which whilst fine in itself, doesn't really connect with the rest of the movie beyond its premise. Anyway, I'd heard bad things about this, but it was better than I expected. 6.5/10