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This review will be broken down into two sections; the first section is everything that is bad with the film, the second section is everything that is good about the film. It is important to start with the bad parts as it had many. Firstly, Jude Law's character; there is no need for him, there is no reason for him to be Aussie (and do it badly) There is no reason for him to have a wonky tooth that i could no take my eyes off. None of this added character, not one little bit to his already pointless part. There were many pointless parts in this film, Marion Cotillard would be another example of a character that is pointless. She appears then disappears for the majority of the film, then is reintroduced only to disappear again for some reason. Another big problem is the lack of... anything for the most part after the first twenty minutes, it is just to many characters with not a lot to do. The virus starts well but goes way down hill after that. There is not a brooding sense of danger in this film or for the characters that you think might die, which is a shame because it brings me onto the good parts. What is good about this film is the first twenty minutes. All the tension in the film is in those twenty minutes. It is well acted, well driven and the spread of the virus is very interesting. I would advise however when those twenty minutes are up you pick up your bag and you leave because it is a long, slow and not very interesting film after that.

Let me just start with, this film does not make sense at all. Firstly, if you have a bunch of kids who want to kill themselves, the tension is removed when someone starts to murder them. Secondly, there's no reason for the killer to be killing in the first place even though you're happy to watch these caricatures and racial stereotypes be picked off one by one. Aside from that the main problem with "Demons Never Dies" is that it feels cold and empty with a massive lack of fun that other slasher films are abundant in, especially scream which most of the death scenes, in this film, are taken from. I have given this film one star only because of the directors ability to point the camera in the right direction which was its only saving grace even though it might have been better if he had pointed toward another story line.

Found footage films have become more and more popular in resent years but it has to be said that the Paranormal activity trilogy is head and shoulders above the rest. The premise of the tree working backwards from the very end of the story to the start so that the full picture is hidden from the audience is an amazing way to get bums on seats to see your film.

Every thing that made the first paranormal activity great is still here in this film the slow progression and build up of tension by playing high pitched notes and a slow bass note that gradually gets louder until it is almost shaking the food that you ate for dinner out of your body well before a scare happens that finishes the job and leave you a quivering wreck in your cinema seat is all here and ready for you. the only problem is that i have seen the other two films i know the scares and i know the build up so it wasn't as spine tingling as the first or even the second but it was a great addition to the set.