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Director: Oxide and Danny Pang
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Dylan McDermott, Penelope Ann Miller, John Corbett, Evan & Theodore Turner
Hollywood gives us a haunted house story, or two, every year. There are enough of them to fill an entire subdivision with tall, creaky, old mansions. This makes it difficult for new entries to find a way to distinguish themselves from the others. Still, I never mind a decent thriller to get those goose bumps popping up. The Messengers relies on pop-up thrills and a decent ending delivered by a strong cast, but still never manages to stand out from the pack
Jess is a teenage girl moving with her parents (McDermott and Miller) and little brother from Chicago to a rundown farmhouse in the country. At first the only real problem is some pretty aggressive local crows, but in no time at all, it becomes apparent that not all of the problems are outside. Jess soon suspects that the previous residents didn’t all leave, but can’t get anyone else to believe her (Wow, never heard of that before). The story progresses from there in a pretty familiar manner.
The Messengers is acceptable as a dark, Friday night couch-cuddling choice, or for people who loved movies like Cold Creek Manor, An American Haunting, the Amityville series, etc.. It is generally neither better nor worse than previous works in the area so if they were your kind of flicks, then fire this one up for more of the same.
