Wonderful character development!

Truly Dreadful Film

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Pretty hard to review this without spoilers, but let's just say it does a pretty good job of leading you down the garden path, then abruptly switching on the lights and you find yourself somewhere you didn't expect to be.The mystery here is intriguing enough to keep you watching as it unfolds, but there were some stretches of seemingly unnecessary padding, especially the interactions between the two protagonists. Some "get on with it already" moments. But I had to know where this was headed, so the film did enough good things to keep me wondering. You will need to forgive a few moments of implausibility to enjoy this one... the film might have benefited by showing how they set up their fake haunting pranks.The prosecuting attorney, by the way, looked exactly like an actor portraying a prosecuting attorney on TV, rather than an actual prosecuting attorney, if you know what I mean. Back to acting school, lady.Worth watching if you can look past a few flaws.

I do not know why this movie only 6.3 rating despite of its awesomeness. A low budget movie yet a movie that you will suggest your friends to watch. This movie left my friend crying. Excellent movie!Thumbs up!!

This movie was an average thriller. Yes, it had some chilling moments but probably not enough to keep the viewer's interest. Caan was good as the mostly confused old man who looked somewhat menacing. However, the movie is spot on when it comes to depicting the current youth's obsession with filming stuff, in this case as part of some "experiment". In this day and age, anyone with a half-decent camera can film whatever they like and this is a growing threat to privacy as we know it. Overall, a decent movie but somewhat lacking in chills. No edge-of-the- seat stuff here despite the intriguing premises.

STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning Suburban teenagers Ethan (Logan Miller) and Sean (Keir Gilchrist) are weary of their grouchy old neighbour Mr Grainey (James Caan) who lives across the street, and decide to invade his home and install devices everywhere, in order to spy on him and play a series of pranks. However, they have underestimated this old codger, and events build up to take a terrifying and shattering turn.This latest The Blair Witch Project/Paranormal Activity inspired effort takes the formula in a perverse direction, and has some contrasting central characters in the shape of two young ones/one old one, and plugs the generational gap together in a fundamentally unsettling tale of early on-set psychosis and reclusive paranoia. Sadly, none of it really builds up to a very satisfying whole.A forgotten actor in recent years, Caan has the same steely eyed, unnerving presence he had in his younger years, and precisely because of his age, he's able to apply it in a different, more unique way now. Miller and Gilchrist come off as little more than just your standard teenage brats. But it's not the performances that weigh this down, as much as the far fetched nature of the story and the lack of coherent storytelling that do, building up to an ending that, though unexpected and affecting, sadly doesn't lift it up any.This is one neighbour you could comfortably avoid going to check up on. **