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Release Date:

June 5, 2015

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “A prequel set before the haunting of the Lambert family that reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl who has been targeted by a dangerous supernatural entity.”

Poster: D / D+ / C / D+ / C- / D+

Review: (#1) Text scrawled on a wall is not as inventive as people seem to think. That it isn’t even scrawled is even less inventive. (#2) Not chilling or exciting, just exists. (#3) Has a slight freak-you-out vibe, especially when compared to the other designs, but it’s not conceptually inventive.

(#4) Too weird for a film like this, you’d almost expect a Pan’s Labyrinth imitation. (#5) It might freak you out some, but not enough. (#6) Another one that isn’t the least bit scary.

Trailer: C+ / C

Review: (#1 & #2) I’m reviewing these two together because they hardly differ, though the first one is a bit more frightening if shown comparatively, but looked at weeks apart and you wouldn’t be able to tell that there was a different concept at work.

Oscar Prospects:

None.

Revisions:

(May 31, 2015) Original

Additional Posters

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