Possession

I don't see a lot of movies in the theater these dys it feels like a lot of effort which leads to disappointment. Haunting and demon possession movie are come of my favorites,thankfully aside from movies like the Rite there has been some innovative thinking in movies like the devil inside, the last exorcism, and the exorcism of Emily rose, so when tweaks to the theme are taken the easier softer way it diminishes the return.

The possession is well made, there are some well framed shots but the sum of its part renders it less scary than the majority of supernatural episodes.the feel of the movie comes across like a show on the cw , the fact that the girls in this are preteen keeps it from going cw all the way.

The dentist losing his teeth is random and makes no sense as to why a demon would be able to do that and the moths are this what the flies were to the amityville horror only difference being they aren't scary.

Jeffery Dean Morgan was believable enough in his role but the script for his tortured father role didn't give him much to work with and most of the movies problems do fall on the writing.

Setting was a major weakness of this movie, the house they moved into was too new suburban and setting is essential in creating the ambiance needed in horror, I have seen plenty of movies where the setting alone was creepy enough to create unease.
The neighborhood of the Hasidic Jews was the creepiest element, and Jewish mysticism is so obscure in American Jews I found that whole angle to be more suspension of disbelief that other elements, tough the X-ray demon was pretty unrealistic as well, the whole demon mythos they employed felt forced and clinical.

This movie is recommended if there is nothing else you haven't seen on fear.netand are an exorcism fanatic like me and the power of Christ compels you to see every movie of this ilk that comes out, funny enough I tend to skip the straight to video releases of this kind as a slew of paranormal activity wanna bes came out as of late.