I was a little too young for this one, so I had not seen it until today.
If I had seen it as a child, I would have doubtlessly been scared, and I would appreciate it more today as a result.
On its own merits, it's not particularly remarkable. The acting is not great. The majority of the interactions with the younger sister consist of her doing something under the influence of the spirit, and then when she's asked any follow-up questions, she snaps out of it and says she was never doing the things she was doing. I really wanted to like Lynn-Holly Johnson, but I found her to be whiny more often than not.
And the movie's cardinal sin is that it cannot wait to end. As soon as the third reveal act happens, everything falls into place so easily, and the second we get the payoff, the movie just ends.
I admire what this movie was trying to do, and I wish it had been more successful, but this feels like a misstep for Disney, and was doubtlessly a setback to advancing darker family stories.
If I had seen it as a child, I would have doubtlessly been scared, and I would appreciate it more today as a result.
On its own merits, it's not particularly remarkable. The acting is not great. The majority of the interactions with the younger sister consist of her doing something under the influence of the spirit, and then when she's asked any follow-up questions, she snaps out of it and says she was never doing the things she was doing. I really wanted to like Lynn-Holly Johnson, but I found her to be whiny more often than not.
And the movie's cardinal sin is that it cannot wait to end. As soon as the third reveal act happens, everything falls into place so easily, and the second we get the payoff, the movie just ends.
I admire what this movie was trying to do, and I wish it had been more successful, but this feels like a misstep for Disney, and was doubtlessly a setback to advancing darker family stories.