The movie was disappointing Stefan. Why is the demon so petty? It's like it’s screwin' with their heads just for laughs. Just to get a kick out of it.
It's a never ending game of chicanery being perpetrated by Micah and the demon in trying to outdo one another. The movie had 2-3 scary parts. BUT THAT'S IT!
No movie can claim to be "one of the scariest movies of all time" when they defy logic and insult the audience's intelligence. All the stereotypes the average horror movie is accused of harbouring are on full display in this movie.
Guy suddenly wanting to explore an unnatural/demonic entity against his better judgment - Check
Exploring the interiors of the secluded portions of your own house WITH THE LIGHTS TURNED OFF - Check
Refusal to move out despite being scared for like 20 nights in a row or something (?)- Check
Other anomalies from the movie
*The night Katie wakes up and walks down to the porch and sits on the swing. Micah finds her outside sitting in freezing weather with just the nightwear on. He brings her back to the room and she goes to sleep.*
Issues:
Next day when she sees the video she is only mildly concerned that she was obviously possessed for a couple of hours. (Oh no big deal I guess)She says that she didn't remember any of it and only remembers standing at the entrance of her door with Micah going hysterical.
The problems with this part?
Firstly, she should have screamed the night before when she was brought back into the room. Why? Well, if you wake up in the middle of the night standing at your door entrance in a house where the presence of a demon has been successfully detected, and on top of it you have your boyfriend screaming at you... I don't know about you, but any sane person would be freaked out.
Another thing wrong with this part. The girl is possessed for a couple of hours during this night. For all purposes, the demon has achieved its objective (since that's what it does in the end and the fact that the movie didn't end right here shows that he had a dick measuring contest with Micah all along) and YET, in this scene the demon leaves her after that only to (DO NOT READ THIS - SPOILER) inhabit her again and kill Micah.
Other retarded things with the movie:
RIGHT after they find the demon's footprints, they are calmly searching through the paraphernalia of random shit in their house when they know that the DEMON is in the other room.
They NEVER call the cops. Not even when they are assaulted. They don't approach them with the video tape. (And for those who say that screening the video tape would have made the demon more angry, what do you think the demon's state of mind was all this while?)
They never call their friends to stay with them (any sane person would do that as well and invite a lot of his/her friends to stay the night over). And they don't seem to have more than 1 friend. They also don't seem to counsel any close friends/relat
Hi Monkey
that's a very detailed write up you shared. Thanks for that!
Yeah, sometimes horror films do call for that stretch of imagination... which of course can backfire if it doesn't make too much of a logical sense!
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