This is my favourite horror film; for one it portrays the genre in every way, it's not a cheesy horror where a pretty girl gets spooked out by a strange noise and goes outside and 'unexpectedly' gets murdered. This film captures the slightest,most petty sound and turns it into a terrifying moment.
There is one particular camera shot that I really like in this as it is a tracking shot but upside down and from a birds-eye view, when one of the characters is rushing in and out of the house the camera stays in one place but pans up and down following the character's steps.
This film claims to be based on a true story and at the end of the film it gives quotes and sayings from the people in real life (about demon hunting), it also shows pictures of the real people which I guess also made me like the film a bit more as it concluded the film off nicely but was still focusing on the genre of horror; it didn't have a nice little saying from the director saying thankyou to all the people that helped him through his 'journey'.
I found the lighting in this film different to other horrors as it showed a contrast between low-key lighting and high-key lighting by some of the spooky scenes happening in the daylight, which would not normally be associated with scary things happening during the day.
This film to me kept it simple which was more effective than having lots of things going on at once in the scene with objects blowing up and car chases every 5 minutes.
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