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[Darth Geek]

Yeah, that was stupid.

But a bigger problem I had, and this is why I hate POV camera movies because this is an inherent problem with the subgenre, all the times the camera was used when there's no way a person would actually use it.  Well, okay, let me put it this way, if your girlfriend has vanished from your bedroom in the middle of the night and isn't answering your calls, and you take the time and trouble to bring along your camera, you're a flatout socipath.  There were a half dozen cases of this in the movie, most commented on by Mike and Co.  It just doesn't work, and you see this in every one of these things.  Quarentine, Cloverfield, this one, the horror/fantasy TV shows that do an episode of this.  Unless it's a war movie and the camera guy is an embedded trained journalist, there's always going to be a point where the camera shouldn't be on.  And if it is, as I said, the cameraguy is a socipath and needs to be locked up.

The only way I think it could work as a genre is if they were helmet mounted cameras used by a bunch of explorers investigating a haunted ship or crashed alien vessel or something.  With more than one camera you have an in story reason to be able to edit back and forth.  And with it mounted it's not taking up one hand and the people can even forget it's on.  That could work.  Otherwise, I don't see how.

I agree. It's not "suspension of disbelief" when it involves the very format of your movie! And especially one as reality based and familiar to the audience as using a camcorder. Everyone has done that by now, and they know what they would or wouldn't do. Also, as Roeper and Michael Phillips said in their review of Cloverfield: by now everyone knows how to keep the camera kind of steady. Don't overdo the erratic camera movement.

Also, your comment made me think of the great riff in Boggy Creek 2 - We'd like to thank the creature for wearing this helmet cam.

[Bob]

I though the "ghost" from this movie was haunting me.

My bedroom kept ringing, but my other phones would not connect.   Turned out that the main unit in the office was unplugged.

[Trekker4747]

I thought a demon was haunting me.  Turned out it was just my furnace kicking on.

[ShadowDog]

LMFAO

I wonder how many ghosts haunt people who are either hard of hearing, drunk or high all the time, have their TV on at a very high volume all day and night, or for some other reason just don't ever notice they're being haunted.  Mmmm, maybe there's a parody film in this idea.  The ghosts keep getting more and more pissed off at being ignored.

[Trekker4747]

Then they drag you out of your bed to get you away from your douche of a boyfriend.  Katie should've thanked the demon for doing that.

[gonzodamus]

I loved the reenactment of what the scene would be like, with Kevin just mumbling. Very much a Tom Servo moment.

Hell yes.  There were plenty of great riffs in the movie, but that was the funniest bit to me by far.  And surprisingly accurate too!  "mumble mumble mumble extracurricular  mumble mumble mumble"

[Bob]

I am still wondering how they thought showing a person holding a burned photo was "Scarey".    Maybe seeing how the photo get up there, maybe showing the footprints appearing in the flour as it happened would have been scarey, but not after the fact.

[CJones]

"SQUEAKUEL!... Damn these Alvin nightmares! I dreamnt that they were back and this time they brought the Chipfunk."

God, that was funny.

[LucasM]

I am still wondering how they thought showing a person holding a burned photo was "Scarey".    Maybe seeing how the photo get up there, maybe showing the footprints appearing in the flour as it happened would have been scarey, but not after the fact.

The only thing that I gathered from that is that the picture was of her as a younger girl and so it supported the statement that the demon has been 'stalking' her for a long time, plus the burns were in the shape of fingers and that was apparently supposed to not only be obvious, but apparently scare people in its own right.

Neither added anything to the plot, as they'd already said that she'd had this 'visitor' her entire life.  If the photo had been found first, then was used to open the dialogue for her to talk about how these things have happened to her her entire life, that would've added something to the plot.  Instead it was like if in The Shining when she's trapped in the bathroom, if she said, "oh no!  He's probably going to stick his head through the door and make a Johnny Carson reference!" before he hacked his way in and Nicholson's most famous line was uttered.  Once you tell an audience something, the act of showing them is a serious let down, particularly if you are trying to build tension or suspense.  But even if you reverse the order, if the statement doesn't add something to what is already known, the suspense or anxiety is deflated.

The biggest problem is: she seems of average intelligence.  These things have happened her entire life (we were told, over and over).  So she waits until she's this old to even consider doing something about it or consulting someone?  Not only does that defy her intelligence, but Hell, that is one lazy frigging demon to let years of 'nothing' happen, and not doing anything disturbing enough to get her to actually do something about her 'problem'.

I'm tired of wasting more thought on this movie than the people who made it did.  Thinking about it only pisses me off more.

[JimJ]

A favorite of mine that hasn't been mentioned yet was when the Quija board is first introduced "I bet this ends with her kicking the Quija board into the stream".

[TheBren]

I don't think the photo was intended to be scary by itself, just show that not only had the demon been following her but it was obsessed with her and wanted her to know it. It was a taunt more than a scare.

[CJones]

"Was that you grunting?",  "Or was that me watching my old Sailor Moon DVDs again."

[TTYT]

"I wish that wasn't the case!"

[Scribblesense]

"So he shrieked, punched the wall and pushed the chandelier. The demon has ADD."

[Dustin]

"I'm over here now! Your butt looks weird when you sleep like that!"