Um, didn't the family have friends or family?

Crappy writing. Much like the fact that none of these losers seemed to ever go to work. In terms of personality, all these people had were names.

I thought about that too. The only thing I could think of is that he only video tapes when they are at home. You hear the mom on the phone say "...when I see you tomorrow.", however it is not shown. I was disappointed though at how they would run around in the dark-not even turning on the lights! They also never ran outside! Alive or in spirit: I am running outside from anything that should not be present in my house, especially if it's trying to kill me! When they were in the "zombie-like" state it seemed more real...like an unknown force was driving them to stay. I liked the idea of the mom writing back and forth to the spirit-thinking it was her husband. Now, it would have been good if the demonic entity was actually the spirit of a girl who the father had raped and was haunting the sister to get revenge. Then the name written could have been discovered and the past revealed. The mother would have killed herself when finding out about her husband and the ending would still be the same, only without the lame excuse given about what was haunting them. Plus, why did the brother pick up the camera when his sister was being murdered!?! Didn't he have a camera set up in her room anyway. I never saw PA because I heard it was slow, but I am now, so I can compare the two. It's sad, but this movie had the opportunity to be a hit, but fell short in the plot. Hopefully, although slow PA will deliver on a better story line.


I'm from the 80's...that's where they made me at.