Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Asad Almond A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

johnwiltshireauthor What have I just watched? I'm not even sure how to rate this movie. In some ways it succeeds brilliantly as a horror film. I won't forget it, that's for sure. But it fails miserably as storytelling because it's as if you are watching the definition of nihilism. The message of this movie is that everything is meaningless and, as such, it's pretty hard to enjoy. Basically the premise is the meeting of three things: religious faith (the father is a Lutheran pastor who believes in demonic possession); scientific rationality (the mother is a child psychiatrist who believes there are no bad children only un-medicated ones) and pure evil (their twin children). The twins, Jack and Emily, are silent and surly and watchful. When this changes to downright evil (you know things are going to go bad when the multitude of family pets is introduced: goldfish, frog, cat, dog) the mother tries to treat them with drugs and the father attempts an exorcism. Well, I guess you would, given they find the family cat crucified on the wall on Christmas Day. And that is where I have my problem with this movie, I guess. I'm sorry, but I don't find it credible that any parents, however sweet and goofy they show themselves to be, would continue living in the same house as these twin f***s when they find that cat. The father even says, "But I still love them. How can I not love my son and my sweet baby girl?" Yeah, like, right... I bet the dog was thinking, "F*** that, I'm gonna be next, Fool!" And he'd have been right. He was. So, continue on together they do; dog bites the dust (nope, even severed head of beloved old pet doesn't make these parents give up on their sweet kids) and the twins inevitably turn their attentions to humans: torturing a young boy at the school. Even then the parents continue making videos to prove what a happy family they are. By the time the kids had them beaten, drugged, strapped to a table, suffocating in plastic, and ready to eat, I was thinking, "Yup, should have taken the goldfish sandwich as a hint all was not well."

gfouty2001 Don't believe any of the good reviews on here. They obviously are involved in the movie somehow.I have seen a lot of stupid, boring movies and this is one of the worst I have ever seen.This movie starts off slow and never picks up. I kept watching thinking "it's got to get better right". Never happened. You don't care about anyone it the movie. There is no tension. There is no action. Not at any time do you think to yourself "this could be someone's home movie". It is just bad.I buy dvds then watch them. I've been doing it for at least 10+ years now and have a couple thousand dvds and blurays. In all that time and with as many bad movies I have kept there are about 3 or 4 movies that, after watching them, I hate so much that I just throw away. This is one of those movies.

mutilatedlips11 I've seen plenty of horror films of all shapes and sorts, and never have I seen anything so legitimately disturbing before. This film is not the kind that resorts to gimmicks to be a fun mindless scare, or resorts to being edgy and gruesome just for the sake of shock value. In a way, I see it as an art film. The acting is phenomenal, and everything the characters do is totally logical in the context of their positions, personalities, and backstories. The pacing is brilliant, in that it's slow enough to give every moment enough time to have a purpose, while still progressing fast enough that scenes don't linger longer than necessary. Pacing is naturally a huge element in all films, but especially in found-footage or mockumentary films, where realism is generally paramount. Everything that's unsaid in the film is unsaid intentionally, again adding to the realism; There's no sudden burst of exposition, rather it comes out very slowly through the viewer's mind as they piece bits of the film together, using what they do know for certain, from dialogue or visuals. Just like people view other people, and use what they know about them, from what they've said or their appearance, to logically piece things about them together. This even further adds to the realism. All this realism talk makes the parents extremely relatable and it makes everything that goes wrong for them a tragedy for yourself, as if you knew them as neighbors. In my opinion there's a ton of metaphors throughout the film, having to do with mental, emotional and physical degradation, but maybe I'm just being pretentious. In any case, this is a perfect film, I'd say it's suited well for all horror-audiences.

hauntme I will start this review as positively as I can manage. The genre of documentary, POV, consumer-grade, hand held video films is one of my favorites. It is a direction cinema as art should be taking. Within these films, the fact that there are directors and actors involved in production is suspended. This method sustains a kernel of truth which allows for incredible levels of immersion and flow.Forgive me since I am reviewing this film from memory.This film begins with the director's Disneyland fantasy of an enthusiastic, life loving couple. The parents here are self absorbed and constantly inviting the camera into their painful attempts at enjoyment. They are caricatures, completely without wit or realism. The fact that the producer says in the extras that his 1st task was to avoid this result is evidence of the complete lack of rigor that went into the film.This product is way too glossy and hollow...the director allowing extra financing and the inept producer on helm completely destroyed whatever vision he had.Due to boredom I almost missed the key scene for the story arc: the bedtime dragon story. I did not bemoan it...pitiful writingI was rolling on the floor when the father (who is a priest for inexplicable reasons) start his chants and exorcisms. Predictable, unbelievable...the script and production on this was constantly tearing me away from the movie.Many scenes have difficultly explaining for the presence of the camera...aftermath diaries or clues would have been sufficient instead of filming every detail like an undergrad film studentFrom the beginning I was on the side of the children. Like them, the viewer is left dissociated from the entire mess and wanting revenge on the blind, stupid, and raving spectacle in front of them.