Dreamkatcher

Well... How should I start. You know the drill.. bad things happen in the past in a house - new tenants go to the house - no cellphone network - kid befriend ghost - old person neighbor knows everything (classic actress) - kid starts to draw creepy stuff - family starts to investigate the past - kid tries to kill himself - ghost harms adult (in the most stupid ways) - climax (dumb)... and some of the stupid use of jump scares sounds in between.

Boring film. Boring acting. Boring everything. Even the basic plot is stupid. Father takes kid where mom died for rehab and leaves him alone with gf (that doesn't believe in ghosts ofc).

One of the longest 90mns in my life.. Damn this was bad. Even the title has bas spelling (for some reason).

I can't stand unrealistic scripts ! If you really think that a guy who hides to his new girlfriend the very way his wife died can dare to leave her with his troubled kid and criticize her professional (reasonable) judgement about what had happened to her, you are sorely delusional as a scriptwriter. It's not horror, it's just annoying to watch.

Just drink every time Radha Mitchell says, "Hey"! You will pass out before halfway through, and you'll thank me for that. That would be the only reason to watch it.

This movie was such a waste of time. I am writing this just after I have finished the movie and to be honest I don't even feel like I watched it. I'm not joking, it was really that generic, nothing stands out apart from Lin because she is just great.

The acting is pretty bad, the script bland and some of the camera work is pretty distracting.

I wouldn't say it feels student-like but it is only like one tier above that sort of level.

The end is also just stupid like it's just looks stupid.

You could probably skip it since there really isn't much of note in this film apart from Lin Shaye.

As usual the bad reviews are way off the mark. It's not THAT bad.

However, any film that has to start off with a dictionary definition of its title to explain why it's about is not a great sign.

This is a possession story but I'm not sure it's got anything to do with dream catchers.

When we think of the great esoteric props in horror movie history we think of the Hellraiser box or the Evil Dead totems in the cellar, they are key to the plot.

It's called dreamkatcher but the weird paranormal activity is clearly happening regardless of wether the dreamcatcher is around or not.

Also the dad joins my list of men in horror films who are complete assholes. Let's face it there are about a million activities you can do with your kids but no, let's go in to the woods and practice cutting things with sharp axes. Yeah dad, let's do that.

All the creepy kid red flags are here. The crazy drawings, weird accidents, sleep walking, etc.

It builds up slightly but the final confrontation scene is ridiculously poor.

Worth a watch if you fancy having something on in the background while your doing the ironing. Not the worst horror of 2020 by any stretch but certainly not the best.