Unlike so many, I liked the ending! There was resolution between the ghost mother and still feral child, while Annabel becomes a mum (she specifically didn't want the children to call her mum at the start), and the relationship between the couple changed. At the beginning it was all uncle plus children (they were the most important women in his life!) But guess what Annabel is left dumped with them, giving up her glamourous lifestyle to boot, because she loves him. But at the end, haha, daddy/uncle is left crying out for help and is ignored by Victoria and Annabel, although they do accept him into their embrace. So all in all quite a lot to think about. Also it could be seen in purely psychological terms, in that maybe Lily never got over her traumas, where as Victoria did. So many adoption families have these struggles everyday and I am sure they are terrifying and sometimes appear supernatural because they are so difficult to get to the bottom of (especially where children have suffered abuse before entering an adoptive family) because noone really knows the history of that childs life and what monsters they have seen. Also good strong female/mum role model- not slushy, not mumsie she is restrained at times and acting on instinct at other times e.g. what's in the closet? And when she holds on tight to Lily. The lady is full, of love in all the right ways. Finally, I loved the girls relationship, I loved their interaction and the way Victoria was all proper and ready for her new life while her scruffy sister sat on the floor eating bugs. It was delightful and worrying and creepy all at the same time.One of my best moments is the scene of Lily hiding behind her sister when they entered the house. Overall a curiously uplifting film!

Well after some nice wine tastings and some cheese eating and after I have just witnessed this moving picture with my eyes, I can say that this moving picture is a total waste of time I wouldn't want anybody to waste their precious time seeing this. I would give this movie a solid 0/5, would shoot myself over watching it, but I couldn't know what I was about to see.

Based on the success of the short, Guillermo del Toro presents this feature length version of Andy Muschietti's vision. First off, the 15 certificate filled me with foreboding. When are we going to start seeing horror 18's again! But saying that this film does have it's fair share of jumps, throw in to the mix a spirit who's 'Grudge' like noises definitely creeped me out and will make me check my closet before going to sleep his evening. the film follows two young girls who are abandoned in a cabin in the woods by their estranged father for 6 years before their uncles efforts to find them succeed. They are rescued and taken in by their uncle and his reluctant girlfriend but who has been looking after them all this time? I was fairly impressed with the overall aesthetics of this movie and it confirms my suspicions that Europeans are indeed the masters of horror. Yes this is technically a remake, but a remake of the directors own short film made 6 years previous and not a pointless scareless rehash that seems popular in the states of late. Muschietti's ability to take us on a journey through the eyes of not just Annabel but also of the two young girls was expertly driven, normally kids in movies make me reach for the remote to change channel but these two were fantastic. Jessica Chastain's portrayal of Annabel was very believable as a woman not ready for the burden of motherhood but she carries the role exceedingly well and the film is as much her journey as that of the kids and of the 'what' that has been looking after them.Watch it if you were disappointed with Drag me to Hell or Don't be Afraid of the Dark as this is far better

Okay, so some guy goes nuts and shoots his wife. He takes his two daughters out to an abandoned cabin and is about to kill them, too, but is then stopped by a ghost who happens to be at the cabin. Great... Okay, so it was a ghost who was maybe unjustly murdered in a similar way. I can buy that.But then, even after paying some guys to look all over the place for his body, the guy's brother only finds this cabin (and the girls, who are still there) -- five years later. Really? It took you all that time? Okay, fine, whatever. So the girls are feral and apparently have been helped along by this mysterious, vengeful spirit which they call "Mama."The guy's brother, and his weird over-the-hill Goth girlfriend, agree to look after the children as they are rehabilitated with the help of a psychologist. Unfortunately, this spirit follows them.Cue faux-creepy dream sequences, jump scares, and the psychologist slowly uncovering the truth that The Supernatural Is Real. Turns out "Mama" is the ghost of some violently crazy lady in the nineteenth century who died while drowning a baby she stole from a local church. There is a dream sequence showing this which is genuinely disturbing, although in a disgusting snuff-film kind of way."Mama," predictably, wreaks havoc on everyone involved, including killing several people with more ease than a trained assassin. Call me a parapsychology nerd, but human ghosts generally do not have this kind of power. "Mama" slinks around and offs victims like a multi-dimensional Green Beret. This just makes it silly to me.The ending was just confusing. It's funny, everything about this movie was perfect except for the story. The acting, the photography, the music, and the editing was all incredibly seamless. But the story was bland and cookie-cutter, just another forgettable horror flick.