This is a good old fashioned ghost story....literally!
Just because it's a horror movie, that doesn't mean it's meant to scare you as well. It's taking a bit of a different approach. A more storytelling type of approach, in which things get approached from a very rational perspective. It makes this movie more a realistic and subtle one, with still most of the classic ghost story ingredients present in it.
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It's also an extremely old fashioned movie with all of its acting and dialog. It's the sort of '40's movie that feels more like a stage-play than an actual movie at times. It's not really my favorite style but what can you do about it. I mean, the movie is nearly 70 years old, so of course some things are going to feel and look outdated about it.
The movie still successfully manages to create a good mysterious and eerie atmosphere. Because things get approached realistically and rationally, you also don't really know what to expect and how to take certain things. Is there really a ghost? Is someone just playing a game? What's behind all of it? In some ways this also definitely feels more like a mystery movie than a horror really, which in this case is a positive thing to say since it works out well.
Not the best or most exciting 'old' horror movie out there but it definitely still is a good watch!
7/10
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