In a Nutshell. Mini reviews of movies old and new. No fuss. No spoilers. And often no sleep.

Sunday 17 March 2013

THE PACT [2012]

Nicholas McCarthy's ghost story The Pact starts out overly rushed and littered with some questionable performances.  I was ready to write it off.
Then suddenly at the 30 minute mark it took a turn into the scary and fully absorbed me into this strange sunny California world.  It staged several frightening scenes in the stark daylight which normally is difficult to make effective but they pull it off with flying colors leading me to scream like a little girl in one moment.  It never really falls into the clichéd scares, silly twists or tries to be too smart for it's own good.  A simple scary little film that manages to rise above it's multiple plot holes.  

2½ holes in the wall out of 5

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