The Remains

Stop me if you've seen this one: a family moves into a creepy rural home filled to the brim with supernatural nasties. After a promising opening, this movie degenerates into played-out tropes, bad clichés, and ongoing stupidity. Its like they had a checklist: dolls, demons, ghosts, shadows, nosy neighbors, possession, slutty teens, creepy children, unhinged father, discordant sound effects, tense music, bad acting, etc. There's attempts to ape 'good' horror movie tension building, but as there's not one single solitary scare to be had, its just wasted time. Boring time. One of the child actors may actually have some skill, which is literally the only item I can compliment in this whole endeavor. This movie is a mess, just poorly made. It lingers in shots that go nowhere, focuses on elements that never pay off, introduces plot elements that just get dropped, and in general goes hurtling towards one of the stupidest endings I've seen in any film. Ever.

F