I love this movie so much

Good concept, poorly executed.

Don't listen to the negative reviews

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

If you have some familiarity with made for television movies from the 1970s, you will probably see that this movie got inspiration from the 1974 made for television thriller "Bad Ronald". To their credit, the makers of the newer movie did manage to change a lot of things so that their movie couldn't be labelled a blatant rip-off. But during the course of their changes, they almost completely stripped away anything that could make this movie good. I don't really want to list any spoilers, but I will say that there are a significant number of plot holes that someone during the production should have spotted and have patched up before filming started. (For example: How did the antagonist get food when there were periods where no one was living in the house?) But what really sinks the movie is how boring and uneventful most of it is. After setting up the situation in the first few minutes, the next hour or so has practically nothing happen that advances the plot - it's just one mysterious incident after another, none of which is particularly scary or creepy. Things do start to happen in the last twenty minutes, but it isn't enough to save things. If you want to see a superior movie that was inspired by "Bad Ronald", look for the Gary Busey movie "Hider in the House" instead.

This movie starts out with just about every cliche you could think of. Seemingly haunted house, and a creepy locksmith guy. The only thing that got me to the twist was just how played out the plot was. The good news is that there is a twist. The bad news is that the twist is done in such a laughably bad way.The twist creates so many plot holes. The worst scene for me, is when the missing boyfriend gets shot by the police. The policeman enters the attic and says "is anywhere there?" so the boyfriend comes running out screaming like a damn madman and gets shot. The only explanation is that he had been passed out right up until that moment. If he had been conscious, he would have seen the father and the attic person fighting, just sitting there. Otherwise, why not help in the fight? or run away? why wait until there is a cop then run up to him waving your arms around "arrrrrgh".This whole movie was terrible. I actually created this account just to vent on how awful this was. I will now list some things that were just terrible.-the house was on fire for a while but at the end they seemed to show the house normal as if they were hoping for a sequel -the locksmith guy was pretty much pointless -the malnourished attic dweller has superhuman strength(only when he is pulling bodies from a rope. but NOT when wrestling with someone face to face.. then he is just slightly stronger than the dad and slightly stronger than the daughter) -the girl gets roofied and ends up in her bed for no reason -the police just leave after they find the guy. don't investigate whatsoever just say "this happens more than you think. well we are going to go now dont worry you're safe. People hardly ever get murdered after we do a 2 second sweep of the attic" are you going to check for maybe you know dead bodies or evidence. "nope" -the boyfriends parents dont seem to care he never comes back -drywall is super easy to break and would be very easy to get her out of the wall -so much startled screaming with no running -"i see him in the reflection in a vulnerable position. Lets wait until hes out of sight to go get help" -im taking this from another reviewer but while being pulled backwards with her hands on doorknob she somehow closes the door. -walls arent made like that, as well as floors.Overall bad job by everyone.

I don't understand these bad ratings.I liked this movie so much I re- watched it with my daughter.I'm looking for it to watch again for Halloween.I've been a horror movie fan my entire life and thought this was great.I'm not talking about gore like the final destination smut.I think horror film fans should see this and I notice everyone now thinks they are a movie critic.Was a good movie and I ended up standing on my couch being scared.Just my two cents

A thriller centered around a widower who moves into a seemingly perfect new home with his daughter and new wife. 'Within' is one of those horror films that you're 100% sure that is going to be a disappointment but it turns out to be an actually great film and that has to do mostly with it's story which is quite interesting and the film gets even better as it goes on since we learn more and more about that family that lived there and was murdered. Also the actors do a pretty good job Michael Vartan is really good as the Father but the real bright star in this film is definitely Erin Moriarty (Marvel's Jessica Jones, Bloodfather). It's not a film that you haven't seen before but it's one of the better ones it does have good acting and like i said an interesting story and the only thing that ruins the movie from being Perfect for me is the ending that i found it a bit disappointing but other than that this is a great horror film that will keep fans of the genre at the edge of their seats and trust me it's nowhere near as bad as the rating suggests it was. (A-)