If you happen to like authentic films about Classic English Hauntings, this one is excellent. This is truly one of the best movies of this Genre that I've personally seen in quite a while. Wonderful atmosphere full of foreboding and dread, but at the same time still subtle and artful.
I'm guessing that the few reviewers here say that it is boring because of the pervasive overkill in most Horror movies these days. This is not one of those. So, by comparison it might appear to be slow. Don't get me wrong, I love over the top Horror films too (see the recent very entertaining 'WILLY'S WONDERLAND' or the Classic 'REANIMATOR' for example) BUT... when we are talking Classic British Ghost stories or Hauntings, in my lowly and wretched opinion, that is a completely different type of animal. With this type of movie atmosphere and mood are EXTREMELY vital in slowly tightening the tension and dread as the cryptic reasons underlying all this phenomena are unveiled. Thus, the need not only for subtlety, but also, precisely so that it will NOT come across as 'Boring', it needs to be crafted very carefully with a lot of attention to detail and a skillful director who can bring out and continue to build the intensity in such a way that it keeps ratcheting up the Horror for the audience (with a good dose of Mystery I might add)
I feel that they did an excellent job here and thus the reason that I gave it an '8', which FWIW is a rating that I do not give out very frequently. The current 4.x rating I honestly believe is merely a reflection of the few people who just simply do not care for this particular type of Horror film. No disrespect to them of course. But something that I always, ALWAYS try to emphasize time and again in my reviews, especially where I think a movie is done really well but is rated very low, is that just because ***YOU*** find these kinds of movies 'boring' doesn't mean that there aren't indeed many others who really like this kind of film. One, that I might add, is a Genre that is rarely done well. So, again, in my dubious opinion, this is a genuinely well made, quality film that is clearly done with a lot of thought and precision which I feel would be very entertaining to those who like really good British Haunting or Ghost stories.
I also really liked the soundtrack which I felt greatly added to the unease and atmosphere. So, if you DO like these kinds of Classic British Horror films, ones that are done in the Classic subtle style, but one that ultimately is pretty darn effective and creepy, then there is a very good chance that, unlike the few here who found it 'Boring', you might really end up liking it very much like I did.
I'm guessing that the few reviewers here say that it is boring because of the pervasive overkill in most Horror movies these days. This is not one of those. So, by comparison it might appear to be slow. Don't get me wrong, I love over the top Horror films too (see the recent very entertaining 'WILLY'S WONDERLAND' or the Classic 'REANIMATOR' for example) BUT... when we are talking Classic British Ghost stories or Hauntings, in my lowly and wretched opinion, that is a completely different type of animal. With this type of movie atmosphere and mood are EXTREMELY vital in slowly tightening the tension and dread as the cryptic reasons underlying all this phenomena are unveiled. Thus, the need not only for subtlety, but also, precisely so that it will NOT come across as 'Boring', it needs to be crafted very carefully with a lot of attention to detail and a skillful director who can bring out and continue to build the intensity in such a way that it keeps ratcheting up the Horror for the audience (with a good dose of Mystery I might add)
I feel that they did an excellent job here and thus the reason that I gave it an '8', which FWIW is a rating that I do not give out very frequently. The current 4.x rating I honestly believe is merely a reflection of the few people who just simply do not care for this particular type of Horror film. No disrespect to them of course. But something that I always, ALWAYS try to emphasize time and again in my reviews, especially where I think a movie is done really well but is rated very low, is that just because ***YOU*** find these kinds of movies 'boring' doesn't mean that there aren't indeed many others who really like this kind of film. One, that I might add, is a Genre that is rarely done well. So, again, in my dubious opinion, this is a genuinely well made, quality film that is clearly done with a lot of thought and precision which I feel would be very entertaining to those who like really good British Haunting or Ghost stories.
I also really liked the soundtrack which I felt greatly added to the unease and atmosphere. So, if you DO like these kinds of Classic British Horror films, ones that are done in the Classic subtle style, but one that ultimately is pretty darn effective and creepy, then there is a very good chance that, unlike the few here who found it 'Boring', you might really end up liking it very much like I did.