this film be not without merit but it certainly be no classic . it age badly and the characterisation be poor and and there be at least a dozen thing about it that really grate and e. g. while the fact that the whole film be an excuse to use special effect while the fact that everyone blindly accept the existence of ghost and attribute any strange happening to them without consider any other explanation while the cheesy horror clichés while the annoyingly sickly suburban family while the odd moral of the tale ( treat those corps with respect or else . ) while the american dream go wrong theme which doesn not quite work ( give the fact that this be a 10 on the daft scale ) while and and last but not least and the fact that one of the paranormal investigator be scared half to death by the crawl meat scene while and yet ten minute ago and he be happily document dozen of levitate object fly around a bedroom . that say and the special effect be quite good for the time and and the acting do it best with such a daft story . at this point and you may be think while this guy just doesn not like the genre . not true while but in my opinion and effective and truly scary horror be create by the maxim less be more not the more be more approach that spielberg have employ successfully in other film and and less well here . a disappointment while go watch ring instead for truly creepy television antic . one last thing while it appal this get a pg in the u . one particularly disgust scene involve peel flesh be clearly unsuitable for kid and and i can imagine this give young child nightmare and as hokey a it be . i suggest your kid should be at least twelve before you watch this with them .