I really love horror movies. This had an amazing premise. I loved the ghosts. They were very well crafted and scary especially when each person initially grabs the hand. The cast and acting are phenomenal. But the violence and gore in this movie seemed highly unnecessary. I wish they had made it more psychological. The brother scene seemed way overboard and meant to just be shocking without any value.
But let's cut to the scene where Mia inadvertently stabs her dad. We've scene this same cliche a million times where the ghosts make people think her father is some evil figure, and then they kill said father. I've seen this done so many times. They could have done without that, and it didn't serve much purpose except for her friend to have some sort of notification that Mia had gone off the deep end.
The ending was nice, again a little cliche, more like the Ouija stuff where the protagonist eventually is trapped with the rest of the ghosts in the hand. The fact that she comes back to possess someone else at a party was interesting.
Obviously, they didn't delve too deep into the history of the hand itself, because they intend sequels or a trilogy. But I can see this starting to spin out of control, where there will be more and more violence in each movie after this that tries to outdo the previous one and be more shocking. I hope they focus more on the story here next time and move away from the endless bloodletting.
But let's cut to the scene where Mia inadvertently stabs her dad. We've scene this same cliche a million times where the ghosts make people think her father is some evil figure, and then they kill said father. I've seen this done so many times. They could have done without that, and it didn't serve much purpose except for her friend to have some sort of notification that Mia had gone off the deep end.
The ending was nice, again a little cliche, more like the Ouija stuff where the protagonist eventually is trapped with the rest of the ghosts in the hand. The fact that she comes back to possess someone else at a party was interesting.
Obviously, they didn't delve too deep into the history of the hand itself, because they intend sequels or a trilogy. But I can see this starting to spin out of control, where there will be more and more violence in each movie after this that tries to outdo the previous one and be more shocking. I hope they focus more on the story here next time and move away from the endless bloodletting.