I usually don't expect much from movies but this flick still manages to disappoint.First of all, it's not a horror movie.Not only does no one die, no one even gets hurt.Not to mention that nothing scary happens.This movie is basically a children's movie without the compelling plot.The entire movie is about two kids being left at home on a night when there's a thunderstorm.It's literally ninety minutes of one kid whining while the other one tells him to shut up.There's no plot or villain, just non-stop kiddie crap.While it wasn't exactly boring, it just wasn't worth watching.This is a movie that you don't need to see.

This story looks more like an account of a collective paranoia case generated by a mentally insane kid, and not a ghost story.Twelve years old Ryan is pathologically afraid of the dark, suffering from some bizarre nyctophobia caused by being trapped in a dark basement years ago. His insanity makes you wanna punch him to sanity once for all.Instead he has an older brother Dale who doesn't believe him in the first place, but starts to get scared by him. Dale has a girlfriend who's in some kind of platonic relationship with him (very cute subplot).So one night the two brothers are left alone by their parents who go to a party. During the night Ryan drives Dale crazy with his fear that the lights in the house might go off and the "living darkness" could get him. Then both of them start to see creepy faces and hear scary noises. That's the point in the movie when you get nervous because you expect an explanation for what's happening, but you don't get any clue besides the clinical one.The whole madness comes to an end in the morning when the sunlight scares the "ghosts" away. That would never happen to real ghosts, but we are talking about made up ghosts produced by a damaged mind.5 out of 10 because I watched it with the speakers turned loud on and some scenes were scary because of the noise.

This film goes nowhere with a very tired theme. Kids home alone during a storm has been done a million times (and a million times better) and this movie adds nothing to the genre. While this movie has no real plot - just semi-scary images throughout an unoriginal story, Kevin Zegers makes this film watchable. He is able to make the bland dialog work and has excellent energy on the screen; he is the best thing about this movie. One can see why he was cast in Transamerica, a film worthy of his talent. The younger actor does well, also, although the character seems out of place for a feature film and would be better received on Saturday morning TV.

Overall this was a very well done movie. Although i did feel as though i was watching the family channel at some parts it has everything you would want in a horror movie.I thought that the special effects could have been better. This movie gets you if you are one of those children who had a fear of things that go bump in the night. Overall it wasn't bad but it wasn't the best either so if you are looking for a movie to watch with your friend on Friday night and are open minded to the fact that this isn't the best graphics then sit back and prepare to jump and bite your nails down to the finger. I give this movie a 8 out of ten although maybe it deserves a little lower