Andreas Aristeidou The only scary thing about this movie is just its existence. It goes beyond wasting your time. It is one of these movies that someone is shot by a gun then after a while stands up as if it never happened and fights in a burning room and then walks out just fine. NO realism NO concrete storyline NOT a single moment of horror..After it finishes you are left with a "what...".

sjalkarjadottir Metal music and horror .. although metal is often adorned with kind of horror or satanic imagery, for me personally .. those two things do not necessarily go together well.Well, here it does work. There is good chemistry between the father and the daughter (not so much the father and wife though) .. the acting in general is exceptionally well done. The movie is visceral and does not shy away from showing a lot, yet leaving a lot yet to imagination. In contrast with so many other horror movies, this one offers bright, vibrant colours, loud music and a family that actually seems to work well enough.All in all, the movie was fun to watch, not really scary though. There are no "real" jumpscares .. which i appreciate .. and the effects were subtle enough.However it is not without flaw .. it suffers from the very same problem most horror movie storylines suffer from .. poor communication between the characters.. for some reason the people in most horror movies fall for the very same tropes over and over again ... they do not openly talk to one another. It is just one of the points that i do not like much in horror movies.But i can fully recommend it as a suspenseful crime movie.

spencergrande6 A film about Satan and the devil, how classic. There's an undercurrent of pure dread to this flick. It works its way through the film's veins using music cues, whispering demonic voices and haunting images. Ethan Embry's performance is superbly crafted. A well-meaning dad, that rocks out to metal and paints pictures all day. He feels very real and not like a caricature. (He also gets ripped for this flick, I guess because he paints shirtless for a few scenes. It seems unnecessary, distracting and unfitting for his character but sure).He begins to hear voices and see things and paint horrible stuff he doesn't understand. It's all very unnerving and convincing and seems to be leading to some inevitable catastrophe.But the film lets up in the home stretch. It becomes a bit of a supernatural home invasion flick. The film seems undecided about whether there are real demons at play, which unfocuses the movie and makes it seem unsure of itself. The film isn't exactly about investigating the place demons have in the modern world either. It just knows they are inextricably linked with metal. A lot of the build-up seems for naught in the end and it's a real shame. Byrne has great ideas, a wonderful grasp of character, atmosphere, tension, but maybe not enough to say?

henrybret-77142 This movie is amazing. No stupid twists or turns. It doesn't try to be witty or smart. It's a good ol'fashioned scary ( not horror ) movie. The acting is superb. Ethan Embry is almost unrecognizable as an Iggy Pop-esque painter / Artist. This dude did some work to get in shape, I had to pause it and think " Is this the guy that played the kid in the movie Dutch?". Pruitt Taylor Vince is amazing. He is one of the most important yet underrated actors of our time. It has a good story line that doesn't try to be too serious about its self. As a music fan, I was impressed by the soundtrack and was more impressed they got the rights to a Metallica song! In the early 90's Metallica turned down John Carpenter when he asked to use Enter Sand Man in his movie " The Mouth of madness" and Carpenter is a legend.This is a fun movie for fans of visual effects , story and sound track.