It was not a bad horror movie at that. It did what I came here to see. The monsters were scary and the set up added to the scares (shout out to the music for adding to the scare). Just your typical modern day horror flick like all the others, which once again is not a bad thing at all.
However, considering who the director is, or rather who the director is related to, having your famous dad's name on the film did not help. There is a certain style that pappa M. Night Shyamalan is infamous for. Not that I should be expecting that style from his daughter Ishana, but when I first saw the marketing for this movie, I automatically assumed it was 100% M. Night and for good reason. I almost past of the film when I herd it was not, but I figure I give it a shoot.
It felt like Ishana was purposely trying to do the opposite of her father's story telling in a movie that's totally up her father's alley. It was almost like the daughter was rebelling against what her father does, by doing the reverse of what daddy does (At least that would be a better excuse than she botched what her daddy does in movies)
Once again, the movie is a good watch. Dakota Fanning was really good in it, but possibly purposely Ishana Shyamlan is no M. Night.
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