Detroit becomes darker than usual when the shadows can cause you to vanish.
Unable to make up its mind at the end, this less-than-perfect blending of Christian mythology, the Roanoke mystery, and the childhood fear of the dark disappoints on many levels.
A good horror film, whatever the cause of conflict, will have consistent rules that it sticks by faithfully and never wavers. Unfortunately this film shows us in the first fifteen minutes that the rules are horribly inconsistent. If people vanish in the dark, why is the security guard at a well-lit desk missing leaving nothing behind but his uniform? Were the flickering candles the only thing that saved a sleeping Paul? If so, why does an entire altar of candles at the end of the film fail to save him?
And with all the talk during the film of what the cause of this mysterious danger might be, if you're expecting it to be explained at the end, you're in for disappointment. I've read that the special features on the Blu-ray aren't much help either.
While it's an atmospheric film with some really good tense moments, in the end it all falls apart with its lack of plot and sometimes poor presentation.
No counts for this film either. While there wasn't really much to laugh about, there wasn't much to roll your eyes over, either. For every overt reference to "Left Behind", there was something else to cause you to question that this film was some kind of religious statement.
Maybe it's a statement that when the shit hits the fan, we're never going to know the real cause of the problem, so we should be prepared for disappointment. Which is exactly what this film was. Two out of five stars. I didn't loathe it, but there wasn't much to recommend it for, either.
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