Movie Review
Ever since this low budget creep show hit the screen with its grainy footage of things that go bump in the night, the franchise has become a cult with serious fans waiting for the new one. This one's supposed to be a prequel to the earlier films and here too, except for a few scenes employing a hand-held camera, all the action is shown from three VHS machines: one in a couple's bedroom, one in the attic with the kids and a third attached to the base of a fan on the ground floor. Enough to capture mom Julie ( Luaren Bittner) and her love making moments with her boyfriend, her daughters Katie and Kristi (in the year 1988) celebrating birthdays, talking to the invisible entity, befriending the ghost and ultimately being a victim of the not-so-friendly member of the house. Not to say there is just creaking and door slams sending a couple of chills down the spine. Consider this: a baby sitter jumping in front of a camera, a weird figure under a sheet... But then all is lost to the tedious intervals between each scary moment and too much of camera running into non-happening space and time.
