Going into this movie, I knew that Rotten Tomatoes had given it a barely fresh 60%. Still, I had promised my girlfriend that I would take her to see it.

I loved the concept of having the main character be a writer who is in need of his next big hit. Since their house payments have become too much for them to handle, they move to a house in a sleepy town in Pennsylvania.

Immediately, we realize that the local law enforcement isn’t too keen on our writer. Turns out, his last novel revealed an oversight in a police investigation that allowed a killer to kill again.

Unfortunately, this was about as deep as the character development gets. It then shifted to what felt much like a cheap scare flick. Let’s just have him step in the frame a few times with a loud sound effect. Yeah, it was predictable, but I still jumped.

While the subject matter is often deeply disturbing, I didn’t feel that my money was wasted, but I’ve definitely seen better horror movies. Cabin in the Woods comes to mind.

What did you guys think?

I gave it a 3/5.