In order to give their mother some free quality time with new boyfriend, teenagers Becca (Olivia DeJonge) and Tyler (Ed Oxenbould) arranged via Internet to spend several days visiting grandparents whom they never knew - mother has left that house after an argument and never visited it again. Excited about the adventure, kids are filming every step of their journey for their “documentary” which will include “interviews” with grandparents. Soon after their arrival, preoccupied with their camera, they notice some bizarre and strange situations but are told everything is fine…
This was great fun!
Director M. Night Shyamalan had some ups and downs in his career, but generally I love his movies no matter what other people say and I found his suspense exciting (“The Sixth Sense”, “Signs”, “The Village”, The Happening” were all unforgettable) so this was another movie where I expected the unexpected - Shyamalan is known for shocking and surprising his audience. Kids are here almost like a comic relief, because they are typical teenagers lost in their own world of pop stars, computer games and superficial preoccupations - Tyler raps and Becca is smart-ass movie director who plans to reconcile the family trough her amazingly filmed and edited home movie. That they accept everything around them and are not immediately alarmed serves the storyline just fine and it turns into one of those movies where afterwards you realise hints were there all the time, but we were too blind to see them. It turns into real Horror later and at certain point Shyamalan drops the bomb that is actually scarier than anything we have seen previously. Deanna Dunagan as grandmother is really excellent, what amazing actress and completely fearless at this late stage of her career to bite in such role. Easily recommended to all the lovers of suspense.
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