This is like mystery or something.
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chuggliams — 12 years ago(February 15, 2014 06:43 AM)
When I first saw this film, I thought it had wasted potential and was average at best.
However, I found myself thinking about it as I was lying in bed at night, generally creeping myself out. This led to me watching it again (and again!) until I became a bit obsessed: watch it alone in the dark- it scares the beep out of me when I do that! -
T-eschberger — 11 years ago(October 04, 2014 12:38 PM)
Let me get this straight, OP. So because YOU personally didn't feel scared that somehow negates the fact this is a horror movie? Do comedies cease to be comedies if you don't find them funny? What about an action movie that doesn't excite you? Is that not an action movie any more?
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Danimal_77 — 10 years ago(December 06, 2015 05:14 AM)
Excuse me? It's a ghost story? Uhhhhhh, no. It's a story about a MENTAL BREAKDOWN. There is 0 mention of ghosts or hauntings. It's an INSANE ASYLUM and we saw an up close depiction of a man coming unravelled at the seams and losing his mind. THAT'S IT, THAT'S ALL. No ghosts.
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NoseofNicko — 10 years ago(March 01, 2016 09:01 PM)
Then why did Gordon hear Simon's voice (the same voice Mary heard)? Pretty sure they were both possessed by some evil entity (Simon).
Someone here said it better than I did:
He was possessed by "Simon", the same spirit that possessed Mary. Simon possessed Mary and had her kill her family. When Mary died at the asylum, Simon was released and remained until another of the "weak and the wounded" was receptive to possession. That would be Gordon, who was already exhausted by the issues with the baby, job and marriage. As soon as Gordon enters, you hear Simon introduce himself with a "Hello Gordon". That's when the possession began.
CG gore is the worst thing that has ever happened to the horror genre. -
MovieBeth — 10 years ago(March 06, 2016 03:56 PM)
What Gordon and Mary both hear was the voice of insanity. Both snapped when faced with what was to them severe emotional stress. Mary cut up by her glass doll given to her as a Christmas present, and Gorden when faced with his failing business and sleep deprivation due to constantly sick baby.
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Woodyanders — 6 years ago(February 02, 2020 02:57 AM)
It's most definitely a horror film. And a damn creepy and unsettling one at that. There are few things that are worse or more scary than the demons of the human mind.
You've seen Guy Standeven in something because the man was in everything.