Having just seen the Recently release film starring Patrick Wilson & Vera Farmagia as Ed and Lorraine Warren, a husband and wife team of paranormal investigators and their struggle to save a family held in the grip of a demonic entity that resides in their home. The Film opens with a interview of 3 friends and Annabel the cursed doll and the struggle of the friends to be rid of it and the tortures it puts them through. This doll is a conduit for a demonic entity to enter this world and the friends unknowingly invite the presence to take up residence in the doll (who's bright idea was that?) thus giving the demonic entity a license to screw with them in an attempt at possession.
Cut to 2 years later we have the Perron family rolling up to their new home in the heart of spook central. (cue the creepy music!...) the dog Sadie refusing to enter the house should also have been a tip off. I don't want to divulge more than that because I don't wanna be a spoiler. After several genuinely eerie happenings (ie the hide and clap sequence we all have seen on the tv) The Perron family seeks out the warrens and asks them to investigate the house. the build up of occurrences is truly unnerving which leads to the first series of incidents that convince all concerned that there is more that dusty furniture and leaky water pipes in this fucking house.
At this point I wont mention any more about the plot of the movie as i don't wish to wreck it for anyone. While This movie was not the Blind terror filled ride that I was hoping for the many small shocks and ghost sightings done in many creative ways and the overall message of the movie and the way it was presented will make the movie justify what I paid to see it. (Be sure to pay attention to the blurb at the end to get the takeaway of the film.)
I would recommend this movie as a solid successor to The Amityville Horror and will sleep a little less easier tonight because of many of the things I have seen here.
Brother Jack Angry
