I’ll start off by stating what I liked about this movie first. I liked the usage of the black and white photography of the house as well as the use of black and white film for the first scene, which involves the brutal deaths of the family who lived there prior to the Sullivans. The fact that they kept the killer(s) out of the camera’s sight gave it a strong impact.

From there, the movie spiraled into mediocrity. Like I said in my prior post, there wasn’t any originality to the storyline or with the special effects. I knew this before I walked into the theater, so I wasn’t disappointed. The thing that frustrated me the most was the acting.

Kristen Stewart (Jess) bit her lips so often that it was a wonder they didn’t bleed. Her behavior also bothered me. Let’s say that a pack of ghosts/monsters tried to pull you down into the cellar. Would you bother calling 9-1-1, or would you pick your little brother up and leave as fast as you can? Would you be carting him around the dark house afterwards, waiting for the next inevitable attack? That’s Hollywood, though.

The parents were such dweebs that I wished they had been killed off halfway through the movie. By the end, they managed to quell their hysterical self-centeredness for the sake of their children.

Overall, The Messengers was a decent B-movie. My suggestion is to wait until the dollar-theaters start playing it.