eddiesterling-82248 I have just watched this film and, after many trials, I feel I have found a decent ghost story with a satisfying denouement - in among all the pap out there at the moment. Bucking the trend (a la the dreadful re-working of Robert Wise's The Haunting) special effects are kept to a minimum, allowing the characters - especially the exquisite Rebecca Hall - to shine through. A hint of 'The Turn of the Screw' at times, but that is no bad thing.

kaisertabitha This film isn't scary or suspenseful or even entertaining. It's not bad enough to be good, it's just plain bad. The twist at the end makes absolutely no sense and is clearly imitating a Shyamalan-type plot twist, with about as much success as his worst efforts. Don't be fooled by people who compare this to psychological thrillers--there's nothing thrilling about this movie, it's a snoozefest. Don't waste your time with this.

SociopathX666 this isn't much of a spoiler, but with as many horror movies I watch I don't usually see a really good and freaky jump scene. this one actually had a great one that I had to rewind and watch again and again. you'll know it when you see it.Other than that, it is a fantastically made ghost story. and unlike a lot of horror movies ghost stories, it doesn't every really have a lull or get really boring.

nysalesman OMG,I watched this based on the good reviews. What where those people thinking? Or more accurately, what drugs where they on? This movie is a train wreck. It is all over the place, confusing, convoluted, and just plain poor. The people who made this were trying to be clever, but in the end it was just lazy writing and super poor directing. The production values also stunk, sometimes the quality came across no better than a video game.Every "jump scare" was predictable and done a million times before. Every premise used was copied directly from other (better) movies. I think that's why they kept twisting the story, so they could use all these cliques and say it was original.SPOILER ALERT Okay, so here's a spoiler as an example of what you can expect. A guy is sent to get this woman to investigate a haunting at a boarding school. He say's he's sent by the head Mistress. Later in the movie, it turns out the head Mistress is a ghost. When the guy finds out that the protagonist was talking to her he say's surprisingly, "only the three of us are at the school," meaning him, her, and the grounds-keeper. So, did he know the head Mistress was a ghost? Judging from the surprised response stated in the last sentence, you would think not. On the other hand, if he didn't know, then where the heck was the head Mistress that sent him. In fact, the ghost even says that she sent for her. This is just a sample of the utter nonsensical rubbish that made up this entire movie. The writers tried to sound clever by creating all these loose strings but never tied them up - in essence, the movie was everywhere and nowhere at the same time.Oh, did I mention don't waste your money or an hour and a half of your life watching this garbage.