I hate to say it, but I liked this movie. As a frequent computer user and denizen of social media land, I found that the terrible plot was adequately counterbalanced by the movie's creative format. The video of a computer screen was a novel and interesting way to tell a story, seeing as how that's the way I receive most of my stories, and the stereotypical cast of teenagers were diverse, surprising, and amusing enough to carry the 'ghost' narrative with relative competence.
It's definitely worth mentioning that this movie pandered to several of my guilty pleasures. The first is teen screams. It's more fun watching teens than adults, because teens are crazy anyway and can be more easily shoehorned into stupid or implausible situations. The other is ghosts--an active and malignant ghost, none of that sneaky, whispery haunting nonsense.
If you like horror, teen mayhem, computers, and ghosts--if you like movies like Paranormal Activity and V/H/S--then this will certainly float your boat.
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