Pretty Good

Fantastic!

Excellent but underrated film

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Why would bacon play in such a poor movie other than being skint and needing the money?

It's not easy to find these days...horror movies that have good acting, good script, and a good ending. But this one has it. I really hate how most horror movies have a "surprise" ending where the ghost (or whatever creature) comes back and wins in the end. It's so tired and cliched. If you think of some o the best horror movies ever made - The Exorcist, Poltergeist - they had good endings. No weird surprises where the demon came back and killed them all just for shock value. This movie is good if for nothing else than it didn't play into that stupid cliche.Also, I've seen very few movies that delved into Anasazi mythos. It was trendy for a while back in the 90s, which the petroglyphs and Chaco Canyon. So I'm glad brought that in as the main ghosty antagonist.It was nice to see Kevin Bacon back in a horror movie, it's been a while since Stir of Echoes. There were other solid actors as well, such s Paul Reiser. So not a lot of cheesy acting here.It was about a nice family trying to hold it together, and in the end they succeeded. Good for them. I know other reviews blast this movie because the family is white, because they aren't gay or lesbian, and other odd reasons for hating people. But ignore them. This is a good horror flick. Enjoy.

Mikey (David Mazouz) is an autistic child who takes some sacred stones when he visits the Grand Canyon, like most of us do. (The ones in the souvenir shop are just so darn expensive.) When he gets home Mikey likes to play conjure the evil spirits with muddy hands. This causes family problems as their fears materialize. About an hour into the film we get the cliff notes explanation, realize Zelda Rubinstein has passed on, kids ruin your sex life, Lucy Fry has a barf collection, and Kevin Bacon is a horrible miscast. Everybody knows when you walk into the paranormal side, you tie a rope around your waist and one to this side...that way...oh never mind.The film is extremely formula, except for the fact it didn't have aforesaid rope. It appears Radha Mitchell didn't get the e-mail to just phone it on as she proved to be the only convincing character in a "Lifetime" type of way. The movie had it classic jump scares, which weren't bad...just saying. I think they could have wrote the animal spirits into the script better and created CG effects for them. A crow sitting on a car...ooh scary.Guide: 1 F-word. No sex or nudity. Ming-Na Wen is now just one step to bacon.

"The God you might be familiar with cannot help you now." A quote from an American Indian expert in the film. Really? Well, if we're talking about Mammon, which the family obviously worships, then I might agree. But it's pretty evident that the writer meant the Creator of All, and since that is likely the reference, it's ludicrous at best to think for a second that God can't handle a few Indian demons. If that's not enough, since the idea of the pre-1980s atmospheric "slow burn" is popular again, the director attempts it here, and fails miserably. This one is a worthless piece of tripe.