director of the messenger danny pang and oxide pang be responsible for the eye and it sequel and their premiere american picture play like the grudge lite set in a farmhouse . a family of four move from chicago to a run down sunflower farm in rural north dakota . almost immediately their teenage daughter jess start see ghost . of course her parent and the police be skeptical . admittedly the film be well make and there be two or three effective scare and but rely too much on boo effect . still the plot be a carbon copy of many ghost story and the end be anti climatic and stupefyingly awful . scare be on the low side too with a tendency toward cgi . overall and the messenger be a pretty weak horror film that simply doesn not deliver . 4 out of 10 .