Tuesday, October 11, 2011

A Haunting in Salem

(2011) **

I went into this with low expectations and I wasn’t disappointed. A newly appointed sheriff and his family move into a notorious house in Salem. Almost immediately bad things start happening. As in, the gardner being found hanging from a tree on their first day in the house. The teenage daughter starts getting sick which gets progressively worse as the days pass. Dad keeps seeing ghosts and scary shit, Mom thinks he’s losing his squash. The son just plays video games and acts sarcastic. Things get worse, more people die.

Totally predictable, filled with cheap scares and used up effects. The storyline is all too familiar and the actor’s performances are forgettable. The house however is gorgeous, I would move in there in a heartbeat!