The Pact

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It's a low budget horror movie, but not cheesy in the least. There is no cheesy fake blood and gore, no sex crazed teenagers, and no topples bubble headed blond's running from a psycho killer. No cheap thrills here, just a very complex and layered plot with plenty of twist and turns. The movie never once lost my attention nor did I ever get lost in the plot. The movie moved slow enough to build likable characters and to build up suspense, but also wasn't so slow that it lost my interest. I loved watching Annie as she went through the motions of loss and anger and then fear, and then ultimately the courage to discover clues and dig up old family secrets.

I saw this at Sundance 2012 and was spooked for days! It is so very well-done, and entertaining. The acting is spot-on, the writing and acting make you care about the characters, the drama is drawn out with the perfect pace that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up and the back-story is presented so well visually. The twist is scream-inducing and proves that the things that go bump in the night are not always in your imagination. Loved how the haunting, while scary, wasn't the immediate danger. Often, the human atrocities people inflict on each other are much more terrifying. The image of the shadow in the doorway is powerful.