Strangely enjoyable

jdollak

What appears as a fairly silly plot is executed well. A boy moves back in with his biological father and his step-mother. There is "malevolent electricity" that inhabits the house.

The movie reminds me a lot of things like Poltergeist, or Amityville Horror. Part of the difficulty faced in making a premise as absurd as this is that the menacing objects are household electronics. It's hard to perceive a dehumidifier as being a threat. The movie does an embarrassingly good job with this. While I was laughing half the time at how ridiculous the whole scenario was, the other half of the time, the scares were pretty effective. This actually made me feel embarrassed that the movie could do this. The shower scene worked very well, and the sequence in the basement was also a highlight.

If the idea of the movie sounds interesting, it's worth a rental. While you probably won't love it, at least you won't feel like it was insulting your intelligence. Another bonus to the movie - Robert Romanus appears as the TV repair guy. Hearing him talk brings me back to Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Worth watching for any fan of Damone.

score 6/10

jdollak 5 June 2008

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