Customer Reviews
A Strange Little Film. - By: PlasticPingu, 09 Oct 2008 
I did not enjoy this movie. The acting, especiallly from Kristin Stewart (the lead) was wooden at best, & her character was very unsympathetic. A boring, predictable movie with seemingly little plot.
The whole concept is so overdone - family moves to haunted looking house - & guess what; it's haunted! There was nothing original or interesting here that I could see.
'The Messengers' also left me wondering why the ghosts attacked people, as it made absolutely no sense.
I went to see this movie actuallly quite looking forward to it - but was sorely dissapointed. Go watch something else instead!
Nothing Original, but well executed - By: Mr. Stephen Kennedy, 22 Aug 2008 
This is a haunted house story, plain & simple - but it's refreshing to see one with a decent cast & so well executed. The story is nothing new - family from the city move to country to escape their family problems... house they get turns out to have a past, & may be haunted.
There are no big gore moments, but plenty of atmosphere created by carefully NOT showing you everything for much of the movie, so that when something is seen, the effect is maximized. The ending is not much of a surprise, but the tension mounts thanks in particular to a good turn from Kristen Stewart as Jess, the teenager.
All in alll, quite routine, but efficient enough to be worth a watch if you like the haunted house genre.
not as good as i imagined - By: Ms. F. I. Macdonald, 22 Mar 2008 
the beginning of this film was the part which scared me the most & i must say after that i was only mildly amused & even resorted to tidying my room at the same time as watching it because it was so ungripping!It was scary i grant you that, & there were plenty of moments where my heary beat a little faster, but at the same time the scary moments were so predictable that it was not genuine horror, more entertainment. Good horror for me is hiding behind a sofa or in my bed & this film did not help me do so, rent it, don't buy.
Not bad at all. - By: Bezerus Bezby, 27 Dec 2007 This isn't a brilliant film & it is certainly true that it draws on films such as The Shining & the Amatyville horror, (yes, I know I have spelt it wrong!)However, there are some genuinely scary moments that made me jump. The acting isn't bad either & the family dynamics, i.e, not a typical alll american happy family made a welcome change.
I won't reveal more of the plot, as I don't want to spoil it for people, but it is worth a watch. If you don't expect a masterpiece, you won't be disappointed
It could have been so much better!! - By: Lilly Penhaligon, 02 Nov 2007 The opening scenes of this movie were enough for me to switch it off & wait for the rest of my family to get back & hold my hand. The dvd finallly went back on & I thought that the first 30 minutes or so were extremely eerie - the weird goings on, the incredibly creepy little boy who keeps laughing & dancing along to the horrific, Ring-like apparitions, & that nerve-annihilating scene at breakfast with the little boy's cereal spoon... I reallly thought this was going to rival some of the other very scary things I had seen.
I was wrong.
After the first 30 minutes the film lost the atmosphere completely. I began to be bored by the ham-handed obvious clues - HOW many ravens does it take to tell you not to go into teh cellar? I was also left cold by the acting of both parents who seemed to be almost as bored as I was. The 'twist' was so obvious within seconds of the arrival of one of the characters & after that the film continued to plummet downhill. The ending was absolutely ridiculous & predictable.
My thoughts would be, watch The Grudge, The Ring, the Amityville Horror or the Shining. Messengers could have been so much more especiallly as I say, the first 30 mins were very impressive but it seems teh film-makers gave up - I would advise you to do the same, look elsewhere, there are better stories to be had.
