More head-scratchers:
1. While Angela is in the garage doing the laundry she experiences her first encounter. However, she doesn't tells dad or the boys anything about it.
She later asks Paulie to tell what's going on, but she seems to have forgotten the incident earlier.
2. The growling sounds which come from under the bed (after the boys got send to bed) sound like from a monster/beast who's in a deep well.
However, it's a house, so how much distance can really be between the monster and the boys?
If there's some kind of portal, wouldn't they be able to see it if they just simply move the bed?
3. The whole room is shaking, like if there's an earthquake but ONLY in that room.
You'd think the dad or the the step-mom would hear the noise but they don't seem to notice it.
You'd think they would come run in at that point to check if the boys are okay, but that doesn't happen.
4. All toys in the room levitate, then Demonic 'dad' walks in and everything that was floating in the air, drops instantly.
If the demon appears as the dad, why would he stop doing that?
It would have made more sence if everything dropped when the 'human' dead walked in.
5. When Demonic 'dad' walks in, he doesn't closes the door either manually or with his supernatural powers. During the struggle human 'dad' knocks the door open again. When did it close?
6. The dad says multiple times that they will stay locked in the room, but if I'm not mistaken I believe to see a latch on the doorknob inside the room.
So why don't the boys flee to the other room (Paulie's room)?
7. (The next morning:)
Dad wakes up the boys, they've been sleeping on the cabinet.
A normal parent/person would ask why they've been sleeping there instead of in the bed.
8.
Until one night, that mist came out of nowhere, and it's never gone away since then.
It wasn't in the room when Paulie entered the room, and neither when Neal entered.
I also vaguely seem to remember when 'demonic' dad rushed in the mist disappeared.
In fact, there is no mist at the moment they're discussing it.
9.
Paulie, that's my old bed!
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unnecessary comment)
No kidding.. you could have fooled me.
That must be something Paulie didn't know already.
10. Somewhere along the way Neal says (whatever it is) it's bound to the bed.
How the hell does it makes it's way to the garage and later into the bathroom and later in the neighbor's house and later outside to kill dad?
11. During the 'circle' (the four boys, after telling the spooky story) they yell 'mom', but does mom 'Evans' even had a role in the whole movie?
There's dad, both brothers and sister Cara. I don't remember seeing a mom.
12. (
after returning to their own home:)
The boys and Angela return to the bedroom where's an obvious rope on the floor, eventhough Neal's screaming "Paulie watch out" he steps in the noose and got drawn under the bed. (how blind can one be?)
13. To destroy a demon.... you'll need the ashes from your dead mom to destroy it. Seriously?
Sorry for analyzing it too much.
This movie is really garbage, and I want my time back.
There are a lot more points I could have mentioned but I decided to leave it as this. I wasted too much time on this.
I hope I will never see this movie again..
p.s.
anybody else wonder why they needed all those wires for the torches on a stick? I want that time of my life back.
To switch on all 3 of the torches with one button, instead of switching them on 1 by 1?
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dawatcher
9 years ago
Without a doubt this movie was half-baked, and probably went straight to SyFy.
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Fallingstarr37
9 years ago
I loved it. It is original and shows a bond. Turn the *beep* off if you don't like it.
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Stoshie
9 years ago
"Original"? What was original about it?
I'm not sure I want to hear an answer. I love cheesy horror movies, but this was so disjointed, it was like different writers each wrote a third of the movie, without consulting with each other. Scenes that made no sense in the context of the theme, scenes that jumped from one idea to another, with no connection or flow between them. Just a mess of a writing job.
Normally I give these kinds of movies a break, but this was too much of a mess to do so. Just terrible.
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Stoshie
9 years ago
You expressed many of the problem with the movie well. Your #1 point was where the movie first started to lose me. There was no logic to that scene, no reason for that to happen, given the central premise of the way the "monster" was doing things. Plus, at the end of that scene, Angela turns and the laundry basket was replaced with a pail. What? Why? We never found out.
I'd add another point to your list, too. When Paulie falls asleep in class and has his nightmare, Neil is sitting, looking at a sketch pad. He then reacts, jumps, as if he and Paulie have some kind of connection. But nowhere else in the film does that happen, and it is never referenced again. So, just another plot point left hanging, adding nothing to the overall story.
I blame the writing for how bad this movie was. "Disjointed" is the only word I can think of to describe it, since there was no logical flow between scenes or to the movie as a whole.
Usually I enjoy "B" horror movies, and can excuse their flaws. But this one was just too bad to even enjoy as a goof. The rating for the movie here on IMDB is too high, if anything.
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kobrakai1
9 years ago
Re: the monster in the garage.
Step-Mom was washing sheets the monster wraps itself in the blankets later on.
so maybe it's bound to bedding as opposed to beds. Or it's bound to both.
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fluffchop
9 years ago
Yes, it was looking for the wet spot on Angela's sheets. Filthy beast! lol
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