Good: Creepy, so very creepy. Even the opening scene of the movie sets your nerves at alert. Everything from the setting, sounds and lighting all add to this intensified creep factor. It did its job of making me uneasy after watching it, walking around an empty dark apartment.
The whole movie has the feel of other movies like The Shining, House on Haunted Hill, The Others, Poltergeist, and a few others. The movie really is much more of a psychological thriller then it is about creepy kids in masks.
The setting is absolutely beautiful. The large house that is the Orphanage is gorgeous, inside and out. I’m not great with house style names, but to me it looked very Victorian. It is surrounded by a deep and rich forest. The house is up on a hill over a spectacular beach/cove. And overlooking all of it is a lighthouse. All three of these are a character in the story as much as the actors. And each of them is very picturesque.
Bad: The Marketing for this was way off. Guillermo del Toro did not direct this, he only helped bring it to America, but everyone seems to think that it’s his movie. They like to do this with movies, just like they did with Hostel. Quentin Tarantino didn’t make that movie, he berly had anything to do with it, it was directed by Eli Roth.
The footage they show in the commercials is also very misleading. They make it look like its all about a creepy kid in a very creepy mask terrorizing this poor lady. While yes the kid is a key figure in the story, he only shows him in a few scenes. The movie is about this mother being haunted, not tormented by a masked child.
There are moments when it does feel kind of slow. While it may bug some people, it worked for me. Made it much more tense and added a sense of despair.
The whole movie has the feel of other movies like The Shining, House on Haunted Hill, The Others, Poltergeist, and a few others. The movie really is much more of a psychological thriller then it is about creepy kids in masks.
The setting is absolutely beautiful. The large house that is the Orphanage is gorgeous, inside and out. I’m not great with house style names, but to me it looked very Victorian. It is surrounded by a deep and rich forest. The house is up on a hill over a spectacular beach/cove. And overlooking all of it is a lighthouse. All three of these are a character in the story as much as the actors. And each of them is very picturesque.
Bad: The Marketing for this was way off. Guillermo del Toro did not direct this, he only helped bring it to America, but everyone seems to think that it’s his movie. They like to do this with movies, just like they did with Hostel. Quentin Tarantino didn’t make that movie, he berly had anything to do with it, it was directed by Eli Roth.
The footage they show in the commercials is also very misleading. They make it look like its all about a creepy kid in a very creepy mask terrorizing this poor lady. While yes the kid is a key figure in the story, he only shows him in a few scenes. The movie is about this mother being haunted, not tormented by a masked child.
There are moments when it does feel kind of slow. While it may bug some people, it worked for me. Made it much more tense and added a sense of despair.
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