Really Surprised!

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Good start, but then it gets ruined

Charming and brutal

When I saw M. Night Shyamalama-ding-dong's name in the opening credits, I knew I had to take whatever was coming next with a grain of salt. However, I didn't expect to need the whole salt shaker. Truthfully, I wasn't expecting this movie to be THAT bad, but it is. "The Visit" is a new low for Shyamalan; embarrassingly bad, and bordering on unwatchable. It's one of those movies where you look at the time several times throughout, and by the time the credits are rolling, you want your time back-assuming you make it that far. This movie takes a few common horror tropes and mixes them together. It tells a very simple story-which needlessly drags its feet at times-from the viewpoint of two young teenage kids who are brother and sister. These two siblings go to visit their grandparents and things start getting weird-not an awful premise for a horror flick. It's not the concept that's bad, it's everything else (and I mean everything). There isn't a single shred of quality film making in this mess, and ironically, the lead protagonist is an aspiring film maker. The cherry atop this crap-cake is that it's ALL shot with handheld cameras, so you get a full 94 minutes of shaky camera time. It's a head-scratching-ly poor choice of style for a seasoned producer like Shyamalan.Maybe if I was still a kid and wanted a "scary movie" with some very mild horror and gross-out elements, then MAYBE I would've found this entertaining. Alas, I'm not, and if you're anywhere north of sixteen, then you probably want to watch a real movie that'll actually entertain you. To put it simply; steer clear of this abomination. The only terror you'll feel is the horror of never getting that hour and a half back.

Who doesn't love laughing at old people? This Shyamalong flick has it all: incontinency, early onset dementia, PTSD, and all of such comedic bits very subtly costumed into the very refreshing "found footage" genre.Of course, you'll understand this may be the most predictible movie of Shyamalemasne carreer, but that doesn't change the fact that it has it's scary bits. But old people are scary per se, so it's not so much the director's virtue.PD: There is a white kid rapping sometimes in the movie. It will go away eventually.

The Visit is M Night Shamylan's return to making good films. He churned out some pretty bad ones for a period of time. The last airbender and the happening were both films that bombed horribly, which was shocking given that his previous movies like the sixth sense, signs and the village were all hits. This movie received positive reviews, and for good reason. The plot revolves around children that are being sent to stay with their grandparents, whom they have never meet because of a falling out between their mother and them. They begin to see once they arrive at their grandparents that things might not be alright with their grandparents. Their grandparents begin to act in very strange manners. For instance, the grandmother staying up all night and scratching the walls in the nude is one example of the frightening behaviors that go on while they are staying with them. The twists and turns that occur in most Shamylan films do happen here as well. And I for one really enjoyed the twists in the plot, made things much more interesting and exciting. I suggest this thrilling film to anyone who loves psychological thrillers or horrors. 8/10 for The Visit.

The Visit was another highly anticipated film from winning director M. Night Shyamalan. Over the course of his career, it has been well noted that his overall films have been criticized and not has great as his earlier films. The Visit is a more unknown and low budget found footage film and it is decent, although predictable. The film is quite short in running time which is enough for this time of genre. We understand and know there will be a twist in the end, and twist did elevate the film somewhat but could also have been done in a better and more revealing manner. The lead grandchildren were quite annoying but in today's age, this is how some kids act so the criticize from them is warranted. Once the film is seen there isn't much for a rewatch, as the Visit does offer some scares towards the end but overall could have been better.