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It’s not one of those movies that will keep you awake at night, but The Visit is easy enough to watch. It has pace, knows how to place small discomforts, and for much of its runtime manages to keep you alert, waiting for the next strange gesture or awkward situation. Shyamalan returns here to a smaller, almost domestic territory, and that works relatively well for **** story opts for simplicity and a very direct approach to staging. There are no major flourishes or excessive ambition, and perhaps that’s why it works better than some of his more bloated efforts. The problem is that this same modesty also works against it: when the film seems ready to push a little further, it usually chooses to play it **** tone is peculiar, halfway between light horror and a rather uncomfortable black comedy. Some moments land, others verge on the grotesque without fully knowing what they want to provoke. That mix, which at times feels stimulating, also means that tension never becomes fully **** can sense a more relaxed Shyamalan here, even with a certain sense of humor, less obsessed with proving anything. That’s welcome, but it also leaves the feeling that this is a minor entry in his filmography. Competent, effective at times, but far from his best discoveries as a suspense storyteller.Overall, The Visit works as a piece of entertainment: it amuses, unsettles just enough, and is quickly forgotten. It’s neither a great comeback nor a major failure, simply a functional film that confirms the director still knows how to handle certain tools, even if he no longer always manages to surprise as he once did.

15+Review Trigger Warning creepy atmosphere with creepy visuals and disturbing scenes.Grandma crawls around, chasing the kids through the crawl space. She is very fast in this scene, and it contains a couple jump scares.Towards the end of the film, a boy who is severely germophobic has a used adult diaper smeared on his face. We don't see the direct act happening but we hear the noise and see the aftermath.A girl opens a door to leave the house and sees a corpse hanging from a **** elderly man is seen putting a rifle in his mouth before pulling it out when he realizes he is being **** elderly woman asks a young girl to climb inside of an oven to clean it. This happens twice, but nothing comes of it Bomboclaat Johnson starts twerking. Multiple intense scenes where the fake grandparents chase the kids. Some intense jump scares, and a scene where the fake nana runs around the house with a butcher knife. This movie has a very eerie vibe.Towards the end of the film, the "fake pop pop" takes off his diaper covered in fecal matter and rubs it on a teen's face. The teen's face is covered in said fecal matter afterward. This scene could disgust most viewers.A 13 year old boy smashes an imposter's head with the door of a fridge repeatedly.A young girl is going through a basement and briefly sees the corpses of her real grandparents in a dumpster.

a good alternative if you like bad movies. 'the visit' starts from a curious premise: two siblings travel to spend a few days with their grandparents while trying to film a documentary about the experience. an introduction that, while it fulfills the task of presenting the setup, fails to truly engage or create an immersive atmosphere. it’s not the most boring thing in the world, but it doesn’t give you a strong reason to want to dive into the story from the start. one of the most notable aspects lies in the adult cast. deanna dunagan and peter mcrobbie, in the roles of the grandparents, manage to convey that psychological discomfort that makes each of their appearances unsettling. the viewer never knows what to expect from them, and in that regard shyamalan succeeds. on the other hand, the young protagonists played by olivia dejonge and ed oxenbould fail to generate empathy at first. it’s not that their performances are bad, but the characters feel unappealing and emotionally hard to connect with at the beginning. the found-footage style is, in principle, a good choice. as a big fan of this format, i admit that it works here, though it never reaches the level of being fully immersive or enjoyable. the film doesn’t have particularly intense scenes nor memorable moments that elevate it to the category of great horror. it leans more on basic genre formulas. towards the end, however, the plot gains strength and partially corrects the lack of tension built up throughout most of the runtime. the audience may even end up feeling some affection for the kids, although their characters remain far from what one would expect in a psychological thriller of this kind. visually, there’s nothing remarkable. the cinematography is fine but nothing out of the ordinary. the soundtrack, however, deserves credit for supporting the conclusion and giving the story a curious closure. in conclusion, 'the visit' is not a failed film, but neither is it a brilliant one. its greatest strength lies in the climax, though overall the film has aged worse than expected. on this second viewing, i can confirm i still like it, but less than the first time i saw it. it stands as a decent option for those who enjoy "bad" horror with charm. personally, i appreciate it, but it leaves much to be desired. spanish: una buena alternativa si te gusta el cine malo. 'la visita' parte de una premisa curiosa: dos hermanos viajan a pasar unos días con sus abuelos mientras intentan rodar un documental sobre la experiencia. una introducción que, si bien cumple con presentar el planteamiento, no termina de enganchar ni de generar un ambiente envolvente. no es lo más aburrido del mundo, pero tampoco ofrece un verdadero motivo para querer sumergirse en la historia desde el primer momento. uno de los puntos más destacables está en el reparto adulto. deanna dunagan y peter mcrobbie, en los papeles de los abuelos, logran transmitir esa incomodidad psicológica que hace que cada aparición suya sea inquietante. el espectador nunca sabe qué esperar de ellos, y en ese terreno shyamalan acierta. por el contrario, los jóvenes protagonistas interpretados por olivia dejonge y ed oxenbould no consiguen generar empatía al inicio. no es que estén mal interpretados, sino que sus personajes resultan poco atractivos y cuesta conectar con ellos emocionalmente en un primer **** formato de cámara en mano es, en principio, un acierto. como gran aficionado a este recurso, reconozco que aquí funciona, aunque sin llegar a ofrecer una experiencia totalmente inmersiva o disfrutable. el film no cuenta con escenas especialmente intensas ni con momentos memorables que lo eleven a la categoría de gran película de terror. más bien recurre a fórmulas básicas del género. es cierto que hacia el final la trama gana fuerza y logra corregir, en parte, la falta de tensión acumulada durante gran parte del metraje. se consigue incluso que el espectador termine sintiendo cierto cariño hacia los niños, aunque sus personajes siguen estando lejos de lo que uno esperaría en un thriller psicológico de este estilo. a nivel visual, no hay nada que destaque. la fotografía es correcta pero nada fuera de lo común. la banda sonora, sin embargo, tiene el mérito de acompañar bien el desenlace y darle un cierre curioso a la historia. en definitiva, 'la visita' no es una película fallida, pero tampoco una obra brillante. su mayor virtud está en el clímax, aunque el conjunto ha envejecido peor de lo esperado. en esta segunda revisión, confirmo que me gusta, pero menos que la primera vez que la vi. queda como una opción aceptable para quienes disfrutan del cine de terror "malo" con encanto. personalmente la aprecio, pero reconozco que deja bastante que desear.

Very disappointed. The twist was totally predictable. Olivia DeJonge did a nice job but the writing and plot were terrible.

86/100. Actually fun and actually scary, knowing when to pull off each and how to mix them. That's a lot to say about a film.

Wow. I will admit, I am youthful in my cinematic adventure. And with that, I have not found much M. Night Shamalayan that I love all that much. This one was different. The movie is about a mother's two children who use a camcorder to document their visit with their grandparents, who their mom has not spoken to for a while. The cinematic arts of this movie come mostly in depicting the Stephen King novel. The screenplay and writing are great and the story does not give what will happen up to the point it climaxes. And when it does, you are flabbergasted—loved it.

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It's a good movie. It's scary and the plot is believable enough, which is quite rare for horror movies. Also, the two kids are likable enough, not too stupid but not superheroes either.

A low-budget thriller with an ordinary script. With the humorousness scenes it's quite obvious that the film is not really a purely scary horror movie. But let's face it, there were scenes where it made you **** you pants, as well as making you laugh for minutes. The problem is that it cannot achieve them properly, nor in a nice dose. However, the acting was fine. Shyamalan's filmography can be divided into pre-2006 and post-2006. The Visit is a bad movie compared to before and a good movie compared to after. If we consider it as an independent one, it's just another mediocre found footage.

What a ride. Remember that feeling, that DREAD from your early childhood when you had to run back to the safety of your room through the unlit corridors and rooms of your grandma's old house after a midnight wee? Because who knows what might lurk in between the shapeless shadows? THAT. What I don't get is, why some people say this is a horror comedy. Because it had two lukewarm jokes? Don't mislead the audience. P.S. jumpscares are ALWAYS unnecessary, good horror does not need lame loud sound effects to scare you. This is a good horror, so it could have been skipped...

Although this movie isn't fantastic, it is unquestionably enough. It is original, frightening, and entertaining enough, and sometimes enough is enough.

M Night Shyamalan is one inconsistent director, with films that have fallen on both extreme sides of the film spectrum. The great films being 'The Sixth Sense' and 'Unbreakable' and the terrible films (especially) being 'The Last Airbender', 'The Happening' and 'After Earth'. It was frustrating to see a director start so promisingly and fall downhill and showing few signs of learning from his mistakes. The good news is that his latest film, 'The Visit' is Shyamalan's best film since 'The Village', which mostly was a decent film let down badly by the twist. However, judging from what had been said to me prior to watching, expectations were to see Shyamalan making a return to form. Instead, 'The Visit' was a film that is certainly better than all his previous films post-'The Village' (and that is saying volumes, due to that the least bad of his "panned" films 'Lady in the Water' was still poor), it is worth visiting and about mid-spectrum Shyamlan along with 'The Village' and 'Signs' but not a patch on 'Unbreakable' and especially 'The Sixth Sense'. Starting with the good things, 'The Visit' does boast a mostly deft mix of chilling tension, genuine scares that really unsettle you and wonderfully weird comedy. The performances are very good. Not since 'The Sixth Sense' has there been more natural and compellingly real child performances in a Shyamalan film (in this regard he has also varied, achieving brilliance with Haley Joel Osment in 'The Sixth Sense' but also abominable depths with Jaden Smith in 'After Earth'), Olivia DeJonge and Ed Oxenbould do a truly great job here. Even better are Peter McRobbie and particularly Deanna Dunagan, chilling as the grandparents. Production design, lighting and effects have a real eeriness that adds hugely to the atmosphere. The story is mostly deliberate but with enough to absorb because the creepiness is so effective often. The use of music doesn't jar at least and Shyamalan does more than capably building up and on the scares and tension. On the other hand, the twist is not that hard to guess (and to me guessable early on) and not only is the execution of it contrived but it is revealed too prematurely which does affect some of the momentum of the last 30 minutes. Shymalan's films, even his bad films, mostly have good production values to their merit, but the cinematography in 'The Visit' looks cheap, almost amateurish. It adheres to the self-filmed documentary-like style but the excessive shakiness of the camera does exhaust, irritate and nauseate the viewer. While delivering on the atmosphere and enough of the story, the script is sloppy at best and often toe-curlingly weak. There is a lot of forced melodrama, frustrating character decisions and inconsistencies (the mother), overexposed, irritating and quite frankly often pointless and out of place rapping and the children talking like wannabe university students (am aware that there are children in existence who act and speak beyond their years, speaking as one myself a decade ago but not in this awkward-sounding a manner). On the whole, worthwhile and not a bad film but not the return to form that was expected. This said mid-quality-spectrum Shyamalan is infinitely more preferable to the four awful films that he directed before it post-'The Village'. 5/10 Bethany Cox

This is undoubtedly a creepy film at times but I felt overall it relied too much on cliches, such as a lot of the scenes taking place via one of the main characters filming on a camcorder, a la found footage type films (not quite the same but similar). There are some unsettling discoveries found but when the plot pace speeds up a bit and things do get a bit more sinister, I couldn't help but feel it was a cheap shot at older people with certain types of issues, which is a serious subject but the way this films plot worked, it felt a bit sensationalist or some such. It definitely had the feel of a b-movie about it. However, the two young-ish kids/teens who are the main characters are relatively well informed and I suppose some believable things happen. It is somewhat atmospheric and its watchable, its not a truly awful film entirely, its alright, not quite really good but ok. It does feel a bit chilling, I just wish that perhaps some tweaks were made to the **** and also the fact that the girl kept referring to her grandfather as 'pop pop' really got on my nerves but maybe thats just me?.

While watching this movie I got I wasn't watching a great movie on itself but at the end of it I found all that stuff so entertaining and I loved the ending. It was a good mix of horror and comic moments and I overall enjoyed it. Children performances were great, the little boy was fantastic.

This movie is great comeback for M. Night Shyamalan after giving 2-3 successive disappointing movies. This movie was different and so much creepy. From day one, you can tell that something isn't right but the suspense keeps on building and you can't tell what is happening until it is revealed. The most surprising thing about this film is how naturally comedy, suspense, and horror are blended together. Nothing really felt forced or unnatural in acting, pace, or action. Overall, this movie should be given a try. This may prove good experience for you.

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When I prepare to see a film directed or written by Night Shyamalan, I never know what I'm going to get. As I said in other reviews of his films, he has creativity but does not always get a positive result from his effort, going from genius to goofy at a glance and having brilliant films with a lot of mediocre efforts in between. In this film, two brothers go to visit their grandparents so that their mother can go on vacation. They have never seen their grandparents, or at least they have not been with them for years, and the elderly seem radiant and everything is going well... until grandma begins to reveal somewhat strange habits and everything starts to look tense. The script plays well with signs of senility and alzheimer's, which are common among the elderly, to create a tense environment that also spreads to the audience. However, other than that, the film has little story to tell and high doses of melodrama that clash a little with the global picture. The film contains a twist near the end as the director usually does. This turnaround is good and prepares the final climax, worthy of a horror movie... but this ending is too long, it would have had more impact if it were shorter and more sudden. The cast is headed by two young actors, Olivia DeJonge and Ed Oxenbould. Olivia stands out clearly and shows promising signs about her career. The grandparents, Peter McRobbie and Deanna Dunagan, were also very good, truly convincing in the way they brought their characters to life. Deana, in particular, deserves real praise. At the opposite end is Kathryn Hahn, totally artificial as mother. This character was very poorly thought and sounds false all the time. Technically, the film is poor, perhaps even the poorest of the Shyamalan work I have ever seen, with strict regard to production values and technical aspects. The idea of young people recording testimonials for a kind of homemade documentary sounds false and only works as a justification for a "found footage". The total amateurism of cinematography, which is almost always shaky, out of focus, without light or too bright, clashes with the number of professional cameras that children had at their disposal, always appearing in the shooting angle of each other. If the idea was for children to shoot an amateur film, how can the cameras be so many and so good? Did they have wealthy parents? Okay, I recognize that this film is not one of the worst in Shyamalan's career. But the fact is that it is also not a success or deserves to be seen more than once. With poor production values, a little-known but capable cast, a weak story, full of inconsistencies but that manages to intimidate the audience, is an average and forgettable film.

I do not bought the idea. Which kind of kid doesn't recognize its own grandparents?

The reviews said a return to form for Shyamalan, i did not see that. It was ok I suppose, cannot really put a finger on what is lacking. It was well photographed and acted, I would have liked it much better with more of a psychological aspect, considering how terrifying dementia can be, it is the leading cause of death for those over 50, I see a great missed opportunity here.

Who'd have thought that the background score would be the actual hero. I love the entire look of it. The Visit M. Night Shyamalan, the writer and director's film is a joy to behold. Filmed through a documentary lens, Shyamalan's to-the-point direction is actually beneficial this time. Some would and does argue to those plot points that grows loud and cheesy which weighs down the film to ever soar perpetually. And yes, there are those moments in the film that comes easily and repetitively. But what Shyamalan does so brilliantly is that he frames it as the part of a "cinematic experience". There is a film within the film that is every now and then mentioned to keep the viewers alive and confident. And mind you there is no one as confident as Shyamalan on convincing you to be confident yourself. Just watch the last act of Glass enfolding before your eyes. Any other filmmaker would flinch on taking away the heat from their own script by basically showcasing the "awkwardness" of a film shoot in the film. Somehow he frames that as a narrative now whether it works or not that's a different day, but it definitely is a bold and confident choice. Now coming back to those textbook set pieces. There isn't actual ever a note that gives away the fact that he isn't aware of his viewers' expectations. He knows you are in a Shyamalan world. He built it. The reputation and the films. Hence, he frames it as an expected destination. You know that they are going to wait for the arrival of that know station. The Visit is that visit for me. And you know what, you know a film is working when you are so immersed in whatever images shown in front of us, that you forget where you're headed. And on that note it is also a wrong knock on the door.

Welcome Back Mr. Shymalan Visit may not be perfect, But it’s a satisfying return to form.

The visit will definitely deliver some satysfying chills, but anyone looking for a proper horror movie might find the visit a little dull.

Some parts boring, the **** was repetitive and dull, seemed like it was trying to be modern, the camera shouldn't be hd, that ruins the scares, but entertaining, and there was one scene that made me want to scream

Offically - this is the funniest horror movie i've ever seen! I think it was ok, and may be scary for some people, but im not one of them.

By second watch I was still captured by The Visit. I love it as a thriller with horror motives. The Visit is an example of how a film of this genre should look like. It started happy, slowly and continued to develop smoothly. There was time to adapt to the normal environment when suddenly the features of the strange, the abnormal, that characterize the thrillers, gradually fill the movie with a mystery. Well made.

"The Visit" has some horrifying thrills and effective tension throughout, and two kid actors that really played their part well. This is, by far, the best Shyamalan movie in years.

Another old fashioned thrilling movie where Hansel & Gretel meets it's not your real family members. If you want one of the thinking Halloween movies this season this is it.

With decent acting performances, genuinely creepy moments, an interesting story and a surprising twist, The Visit was a fun surprise. Despite it's rather lackluster half hour and the ending's disappointing reveal, The Visit is still a pretty solid movie.

Boring as hell, not scary at all, lazy and just crap camerawork. just another m night movie.

It has faults, but many good parts. It was super scary at times, but other parts felt cheap. The plot twist was great, and was the best part. It is worth a watch.

Over the past recent years, M. Night Shyamalan's films have let everyone down and disappointed and they've been considered as awful gems, but after watching The Visit, Shyamalan went back to his comfort zone and really showcased his capability both as a director and storyteller. The Visit is an insanely ridiculous movie. Some audience would feel entertained after watching it, since it is a dark comedy. It also has great performances from its cast members: DeJonge, Oxenbould, Dunagan and McRobbie. But it never succeeds in hitting the jokes and thrills effective as what it supposed to bring. There are some times that the scenes are near being stupid, and the twist is not as great as others in his past movies. In the end, The Visit welcomes Shyamalan, but as a film, there are some heavy-handed moments and gives cheap jumpscares and laughs to the audience. VERDICT: Entertaining, but not funny. Creepy, but not scary.

Ein Besuch bei den Großeltern ist für die meisten Kinder der blanke Horror – zumindest in der Filmwelt. Rebecca und Tyler hingegen glühen vor Vorfreude – schließlich sehen sie ihre zum ersten Mal. Und da M. Night Shyamalans Rückkehr zum Gruselgenre ein Found-Footage-Film ist, drehen sie gleich eine Dokumentation darüber. Die nimmt jedoch schnell finstere Formen an, als Oma und Opa nachts wie bekloppt durch die Wohnung krabbeln, die Schrotflinte zum Reinigen in den Mund stecken oder die Kleinen zum Putzen in den Backofen lotsen – und Altersdemenz ist hier wohl kaum das Problem. Stimmt: The Visit punktet mit ungewohnt schrägem Humor und gelegentlich fiesem Horror. Dafür kommt der Low-Budget-Thriller nur langsam in die Gänge, nervt mit zwei brabbelnden und manchmal gar rappenden Mini-Schauspielern, während Ex-Twist-Spezialist Shyamalan nur ein enttäuschendes Ende dranhängt.

One of the worst movies i've ever seen. I don't even know what the movie tries to be apart from being the worst film of the year. It tries to be so mediocre that it's just ridiculous, I didn't get the comedy element in the movie people were talking about.

this is a amazing movie...............................................................................................................................

I was super psyched for this movie because the story sounded great. The entire movie I was very entertained and even a little scared. The jumpscares were predictable but still startled me. But, and a BIG but, the ending was soooo bad!!!! Why would you even think of ending a horror movie in a good way. They should have ended the movie with the house exploding and the mother arriving to late, only to see her children on fire running out the house. Now that would have been a fun ending!

Critics are a little harsh on this one. Yes the plot and themes of the film lack originality, but the execution of them does not. Shyamalan's self-aware writing manages to add doses of appropriate humour to this otherwise tense and, at some points, horrifying film. It has characters that are not over-the-top, yet have their own tropes that relate well to the premise, adding perfectly to the density of the plot. Regarding horror, it seems to have just the right balance; its not jump-scare after jump-scare, its not full of ridiculously gruesome scenes, but nor does it force you to to stare at nothingness for five minutes hoping for just something interesting (a common problem in found footage films). Its a good found footage film for once. In fact good horror films in general are hard to find. This however, is a good horror film.

This might be the worst film I have ever seen. Take an unbelievable plot, the two most irritating kids you can imagine, terrible terrible acting and bizarre shifting from try hard humour to try hard horror and that's the Visit. I wouldn't expect to see this at 3am on the horror channel, let alone coming from a Director with such credentials. This film is an insult to intelligence and good taste.

M. Night Shymalan is back! He's not as good as he used to be, but still, he made a good movie. Not a great movie, but a good movie. It had all the parts I usually enjoy in a good found footage movie, along with great villains, but I felt like this could have been better. Plus, the last few minutes of the movie were horrible. Nonetheless, any M. Night Shyamalan fan should watch it.

The View had so much potential but fell short of anything decent. Filled with cheesy jump scares and a predictable story line, this movie would be good for someone between the ages of 12-14 filled cringe worthy jokes. There is maybe two scenes in the entire movie that may cause the viewer to be a little scared other than that a rushed ending.

superficial, boring, vacuous, pointless, with essentially zero entertainment value. that whole pseudo documentary, hand held shaky camera thing, a la blair witch is played out & tired. if this is the best you can do - seek professional help: hire some people to write a story with an actual plot!

You a film prodigy? You know, I used to be a pretty good actor. You can see here the desperate Shyamalan Attempt to get back to his old glory days. But in the last ten years he's not able to reach a decent success. Losing truth with big league actors and production house, so ended up doing movies with teens in his previous 3. So this one as well about two young siblings who goes to meet their grandparents from the rural. After the smooth first day the grandparents' unusual behaviour begin to scare the kids. In an attempt to find the truth, what follows is a twist in the tale. PG13 rated 'found footage' horror-thriller. But the story might be either real or fiction that never explains, because the boy in the movie wanted to do a project. Not that scary except in a couple of scenes. A better story, but the movie was okay type. The entire film revolves around four characters, but the two kids led from the front with their excellent act. It faired well at the box office, but honestly, I was slightly disappointed with everything from it. Shyamalan is better than this, but he had a few chances to prove it that did not work out well as everyone expected. It's only a matter of time to give an unexpected hit and turnover in his career, that's what I'm looking for, but looks like not any time soon. I think this film was better than his recent ones that delivers within its limit, so I consider it is a one time watch film and nothing else. 6/10

The Visit is an unoriginal film by notorious one trick pony M. Knight Shama-whatevs. The POV camera work is nauseating. The kids are annoying, Katherine Hahn, who is normally awesome is also annoying. There are occasional creepy moments attributed to the shockingly energetic and flexible grandma but I can't recommend spending any $$ on this one.

Surprisingly good (given the last projects by this director) horror film. Perfectly crafted to give us a satisfying finale with bigger and deeper outcomes than expected. Led us to believe many different things but not quite what was coming. Great writing and actually very good performances. Especially from the actor playing the grandmother and the grandson. That kid is a must follow in coming years.

Man..this has got to be one of the worst movies I have rented in quite some time folks. I kept watching..waiting... for something..What I don't know. I expect to see this movie in Walmart's 99 cents bin very soon.

This film is a solid performance and underappreciated. Too bad the writer/director's early success seems to overshadow all his later work in eyes of many, but this might be his best film since The Sixth Sense.

Besides a few memorable scenes, the Visit isn't that scary or creative of a film. I guess this pathetic director is on the right track after his horrific stretch of disastrous films.

A hilarious horror-comedy that makes up for it's lack of frights with plenty of weirdness. It even does gross out horror right. The best part of all is that all of it's pieces are held together by a respectable human element and believable characters. Regret, anger, and a message of letting go give this horror a bit of heart to go along with it's scares. It's just too bad it's scares aren't actually scary. Then again, maybe it isn't too bad. Even without delivering frights the film manages to maintain tension thanks to it's special brand of weirdness and the constant feeling that things aren't just right. The found-footage style has been done to death at this point in horror movies, but Shyamalan makes it feel fresh and, most importantly, relevant to the plot. The humor aspect of the film cannot go unrecognized. It's laugh out loud funny at times and goes a log way to making the film feel more believable. Part of what makes it so funny isn't just the crazy weird and disgusting things that happen onscreen; it's the way the characters react to it. Their reactions and responses are believable, adding to the sense of humor. Also, the two young actors are incredible. So are the older ones. They commit to the level of craziness onscreen with the utmost of devotion. There is something scary about this movie, it's how good these people are at portraying crazy people. It's got humor, heart, tension, and a lot of weirdness. All of that helps the film overcome the fact that it really isn't all that scary. It also helps that it manages to avoid a significant amount of the leaps in logic often found in horror movies. These kids act like real people in a really dangerous and frightening situation. Yes, they occasionally commit the boneheaded moments that have lead to the piles of bodies we've seen in horror movies over the years (don't go in there stupid!), but this still ranks amongst the most believable horror movies I've ever seen. Another point in it's favor. This visit gets a 9.4/10 from me.

The Visit truly underscores why horror comedy is such a tough task to pull off properly. It can be quite funny and quite scary at times, but you are never really sure where the comedy ends and the horror begins, which is problematic. However, the film manages to throw yet another genre in the mix, as it is a pretty entertaining and well crafted thriller as well. Therefore, I have no idea what this film really is, other than an at times awkward mishmash of genres. That being said, nobody does creepy like M. Night Shyamalan. The film is truly creepy and unsettling at times, which helps it out. Plus, I really liked the twists and turns the film took, as well as the found footage element. The acting is pretty good, but I really wish the film felt less disjointed because of its genre. Regardless, I will take this one as a sign that Shyamalan is getting closer to returning to form because this one is not just enjoyable, but pretty well made, creative, and creepy.