akeith-813-369924 This is good for a scary movie at a pre-teen slumber party, but not much else. I will admit that I haven't seen the short that's mentioned, but I'm going to make a point to hint for it now. I will also say that this movie met my expectations/I wasn't expecting a total masterpiece. Most of this movie's issue is the concept. I will give cast and production credit where credit is due: David F. Sanberg and James Wan made the best that they possibly could out of the mud puddle of a plot. If you like far fetched plots on the same tier as Orphan and are not completely fed up by movies overdoing jump scares, you'll probably like this one.

jstreeter3163 Not scary, not effective, not original. If you're looking for a movie that is frightening and has genuine scares, you've come to the wrong place. Not even the jump scares were effective. I couldn't even finish the movie out of boredom. There are much better horror movies out there. Don't waste your time on this one.

Moviecritic After seeing the viral horror short, which was pretty effective I thought maybe it carry over to a feature, but not a chance.This was the 2-minute short scare gags running for 90-minutes. Scene after scene with just unbelievable bad writing and unrealistic situations. Every piece of dialogue was overly written exposition to make sure we got jam packed information of background stories so we are supposed to care about them. Typical formula Hollywood writing. Cram in information through dialogue (TELL) rather than SHOWING us.Sometimes you don't need to give us that much exposition. It can inferred in good writing scenes.A prime example of bad writing it the scene where the boy's sisters takes him from his mom in the beginning. The mom doesn't want this to happen but she just stands there helpless and et's her "daughter" take her son away. Not even an attempt to resist. Nothing. No mother would ever let that happen. the movie is just filled ridiculous scene after scene like that. The boyfriend brings this up, not at the time or in the car, but AFTER they get home. Right, again, would never happen.Skip it.

jerralagbayani I heard such good reviews on this movie but when I watched this I thought, "Wow. What is this?" This really reminded me of The Devil's Candy mixed with Insidious mixed with Mama. This was such a disappointment to watch and is as bad as any remake of a horror movie. I did enjoy the first 2 thirds but on the last third it was terrible. Just watch it for yourself because the last third is straight out of a comic book for X Men.