A single mother finds that things in her family's life go very wrong after her two young children visit their grandparents.
Director:
M. Night ShyamalanWriter:
M. Night Shyamalan (screenplay)Stars:
Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna DunaganStoryline
Two children are sent to their grandparents house to spend a week with their grandparents while their single mom goes on a relaxing vacation with her boyfriend. One of the kids, Becca, decides to film a documentary about her grandparents in order to help her mom reconnect with her parents and also find out some things about her parents as well. While filming the documentary, however, Becca and her little brother, Tyler, discover a dark secret about their grandparents.
It's amazing how this film manages to be so wonderfully terrifying without the use of much cgi or special effects. A couple of points in the film I yelped and let out a nervous laughter (and I'm a tough guy).
M. Night Bashers will continue bashing this film but I feel this will stand the test of time, much like his best films. I hope he keeps this up and makes two or three more of these 'small' films quickly and then perhaps, people will eventually forget his larger failures.
I say, watch it. If anything, it's a fantastic lesson in directing horror through restraint.