So, quick run down: disgruntled family without a dad, struggles with misfit kids who find a knife that is curses by a demon and so the possessesd one kills people.
Whew! I wish that summary was difficult to do, but it wasn't. That is all the plotting that happens in this film. They try to make it seem scary, with dread filled narration. But as soon as the characters start to talk, we can see 1 trope, 2 trope, 3 tropes galore! Every bad decision made in horror movies is made.
And the biggest egregious mistake they make is that no time is spent to establish characters that matter or that we care about, so everything that happens in the movie is "Eh, Who cares." Poor acting that leads to over the top moments that don't go anywhere. Nothing follows logical sense for a person making choices, but the film simple builds based upon what they need to have happen. Contrived.
Oh, they start with some historical fact and from this we are to believe that this is the reason. No. They use this historical fact as a lazy way to establish what they wanted to be scary. They failed.
The film looks nice if a bit dark.
Whew! I wish that summary was difficult to do, but it wasn't. That is all the plotting that happens in this film. They try to make it seem scary, with dread filled narration. But as soon as the characters start to talk, we can see 1 trope, 2 trope, 3 tropes galore! Every bad decision made in horror movies is made.
And the biggest egregious mistake they make is that no time is spent to establish characters that matter or that we care about, so everything that happens in the movie is "Eh, Who cares." Poor acting that leads to over the top moments that don't go anywhere. Nothing follows logical sense for a person making choices, but the film simple builds based upon what they need to have happen. Contrived.
Oh, they start with some historical fact and from this we are to believe that this is the reason. No. They use this historical fact as a lazy way to establish what they wanted to be scary. They failed.
The film looks nice if a bit dark.