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I saw the original when I was a kid and the movie hit the right marks for thrills and chills in the ghost genre. Why make a remake if there is no attempt to scare the audience with a new twist or at least some new scenes that will add the scare factor. The possessed clown scene in the original made every young kid look under his bed before going to sleep, but the reboot doesn't even come close to using the same "what is behind my shoulder" scare tactic like the original to freak the audience out. Come on, you couldn't make the down scene better! Shame - Shame!

The selection of actors were fine but no new ground broken here. I can honestly say I would rather watch the original to get me scared as the new version doesn't even come close. It's hard to believe with all the new cgi these days such a movie couldn't be redone without some new shine to it, don't waste your money and just watch the original on Netflix, you are better off.

Just my 2 bits

I tried to watch this movie due to the poster having an interesting/curious depiction of the main character. Boy was I wrong, very low budget and made for TV style of writing/filming. Maybe the movie would have worked if it was rated R and the main female character really committed some major sins to give her even more power over men. The pot head/jobless husband that doesn't pay attention to his hot wife and her old school parents pushing Asian tradition was pretty basic writing that isn't enough to build a movie around, at least a movie that someone would want to continue watching or pay for. But the high IMDb rating is what got me, now I can never trust the rating system on this site again if people are going to rate a movie like this so high, come on people, don't you know poop from gold! Geez!