Reviews

I was honestly very disappointed. It claims to be based on a true story, the case of Ronald DeFeo Jr. Who killed his family, which is quite famous. The story in this movie has next to no similarity with that case. For those who know about the case of Ronald DeFeo and hope to watch a decent movie about it, DON'T watch this movie. Like I was, you will almost certainly be very disappointed. Parts of this movie felt like a poor crime story which was highly predictable. The horror part of it was also predictable and I must say, I was very bored much of the time. I loved the first two movies and this third one feels like an insult to the first movies which were excellent. I give this one three stars anyway, mostly because I love the series so much. Also because there were a couple og decent jump-scares and gore, for John Noble (who is always great) and to Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga who made a decent performance.

I'm usually not lavish with my ratings but this gets a 9 almost solely because of Meat Loafs' performance. Breathtaking. He had me on the verge of tears for a couple of moments and just to put that in perspective, the only other movie which had me do that was 'The Elephantman'.

While I'm no movie expert, I am a horror fan and not easily scared. Sadly, there's so long between a horror movie which really delivers, but this one did rather well I thought. What makes it all the more joyful, is the lack of reliance on special effects. It's well paced and uses the art of suggestion rather than cheep jump-scares, a style I appreciate. Furthermore, I found myself sympathizing greatly with the female protagonist, another key element in a good horror movie. This movie keeps the viewer speculating and guessing until the end, which I find is the turning point of a scary movie. Nothing is more scary that the unknown, as we well know. This brings me to the only regret I have about this movie, -the ending. I won't reveal anything, but as most suspense movies, the ending leaves the viewer a bit disappointed. I for my part can forgive the movie for this, since it relates to the point above. It's the unknown which is most scary, the sum of possible explanations. As soon as the movie settles on one specific explanation, most of the suspense is diffused. Don't let this keep you from viewing the movie though. I promise, it postpones the inevitable solution as long as possible. All in all; no masterpiece, but delivers as a horror movie.