There hasn't been a good horror movie for so long that I thought even a 5 rating would be okay to watch as in general that's what horror genre gets. Boy I was wrong. First the background music was so out of sync, I mean when you are showing scenery, whats the need of dark music? what could you possibly try to achieve there? Two things are very important for a horror movie, lighting and music. If one fails, movie will not be able to recover. This movie fails in both department. Throughout the movie, we have constant dark and depressing. To give viewers a jolt you don't need to go loud, just change from happy or clam tune to dark and depressing and your works done. There are virtually no element of surprise, although few scare tactics do work. Second, Cast looks flat, they have talent but maybe script didn't help them. The male lead cast had tough time in emoting, but again maybe script didn't help him.A bit of frown would have helped him though. No offense to people who were associated with the project and wish them luck for next time.

Anyone that rates this movie higher than 1 star must be related to the mentally and intellectually challenged people that made this film. It's hard to say what is worse....the acting, directing, script or soundtrack. No suspense, no plot, no acting, no twists, no kidding. They thought scary music, that wasn't scary, would make the movie scary. I'm so embarrassed for everyone involved with this movie, especially Jean Smart. How the mediocre have fallen. She must have needed a couple bucks for a bottle of Wild Irish Rose.

If you desperately want to kill some time please do something else instead of watching this movie.Since my review should contain more than 5 lines I should add something more but there is nothing to say about the movie. Everything is said within other reviews which has similar points. Please consider them.

I appreciate a genre film that is made for adults. Thanks to patient mood building, solid performances, and a score that was reminiscent of some good John Carpenter, Shadow Man was a very satisfying rental. These days genre films big and small so often resort to CGI, so it was a nice bonus to see some finely crafted practical effects in action.