my take represent yet another lame pg 13 horror movie with predictable scare tactic and a derivative plot . the spirit move . the wall creak . there something wrong in the basement . these and along with several other horror movie clichés haunt the wall of yet another house in the country in the sam raimi produce the messenger and a lame pastiche of the most predictable scare tactic throw in on a plot savagely recycle from good ( and sometimes and even bad ) horror movie of the past . when the solomon family move into an old south dakota farmhouse and in yet another attempt by dad ( dylan mcdermott ) to reconnect with the family and especially with their formerly drunk drive daughter jessica ( the underrate kristen stewart ) and in the more subtle countryside than their home in chicago . the horror ensue when jessica begin to get little surprise visit from the house poltergeists . think she some teenage girl who cry wolf and her parent do not believe her . how could they . the real horror in the messenger be wait for which horror movie it will savage next . will it be an angry flock of crow want more than the family crop ( a direct rip off of alfred hitchcock masterpiece the bird ) . will it be the haunt house with a history date back from the amityville horror or poltergeist . or will it be the grotesque phantom take from your familiar recent horror like the ring and the grudge . heck and the movie even manage to rip off a scene or two from some truly bad horror movie like amityville 3 d and the mediocre cold creek manor . perhaps all the pang brother really want to do be a b level horror movie and but do it have to be this bad . couldn not they rip off from the best . avoid it . rating represent out of 5 .