i see all the high mark and the claim of be scary this film get from people and i wonder if i just finish watch the same movie . other than the evil daughter and whose performance i enjoy and the acting in this flick be soooooo over the top it laughable . i find the mom performance painful to watch and as well a the grieving and drunkard mom of the drowned boy . i will say that the story be intriguing and and i put up with the rotten act to see it through and but it be hardly scary and and to compare it to the exorcist a some poster have do be nut . campy best explain the mood of this flick . plus it be way too long . this story could have be a 30 minute twilight zone episode with no trouble at all . i guess it be easy for the girl to be so evil and cunning and grow up in a house with no dad and a ham for a mom and a janitor with a weird southern accent and and most of all an extremely annoy wan na be psychologist a a landlady .