I love horror movies, but I hate the slasher variety. I don't understand being scared of that. I always find myself thinking "OK... just kick him in the gonads. Monster solved." I don't know, I can't be afraid of a real thing like that.
The Ring has my vote for scariest of all time, with #2 being The Exorcist and #3 being.... Paranormal Activity!
The director used really low budget stuff, but did a superb job of building tension with low-tech methods. You just keep waiting and watching, knowing each time it is only going to get worse. I would really, strongly, recommend this movie to people that like to be scared. I saw it at a near abandoned theater and it was awesome. Pro-tip, always the path to take with the abandoned theaters, I hate when you go to see a scary movie and the theater is packed. Because inevitably, there is someone who doesn't belong there. They don't want to be scared, so they talk through the whole movie or laugh innapropriately
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I didn't like the theatrical ending. I tracked down the original ending, it is much better. Just google it and you can find it.
One thing I didn't like about this film was how stupidly Kate and Micah behaved. Micah kept taunting what was clearly a supernatural, powerful force that was capable of hurting them. Kate didn't seem to freak out nearly as much as I would have in that situation. But... it did kind of make the movie work better. Otherwise, if they got help, it would have broken the insular, almost claustrophobic style. Plus, they probably didn't have the budget to go film scenes in other places or pay many actors.
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