(This review may contain spoilers).
While I was watching this film, I couldn’t help thinking about just how many horror movies have scares happen at night. I know… atmosphere and everything… but even so, it’s about as obvious as the mirror scare.
It was nice to see the link-in with The Conjuring. Dolls in horror movies can be creepy (and I know china dolls can look creepy at night), but this one was particularly scary… even before the spooky events started happening.
Although some of the scary scenes were shown in the trailer, this film still kept enough to make for some jumpy moments… though I seriously think demons are really over-used in fiction now. Almost as much as vampires. And, well, when the demon appeared… it kind of lost some of the scare factor.
What I did think the film did well with was a particular scare factor where the audience sees something that the characters haven’t seen. There were a couple of very creepy scenes where that happened.
I did like the actors in the film, but I only recognised two of them (and I’m not sure about the second one). I did like the actors, but John’s character didn’t strike me as supportive as he actually seemed during the film… at least not at first. There was some gore in this film, but not as much as I would have expected.
I have to say, I didn’t like this film as much as I liked The Conjuring. It was entertaining to watch and the link-ins were nice… but I don’t think it’s a film I’d choose to watch again.
Ink of Blood 