Review of The Visit (2015) by Smithf2015 — 17 Sep 2015

From a guy who loves Director M. Night Shyamalan, Blum's horror work, & Horror-Doc style film-making, this was certainly an original piece of work in all aspects! For once a Docu-Style horror/comedy-thriller that isn't really about possession, or some kind of dark entity...it is literally what it is...a 94 minute feature of wacko's who are so literal you don't even know it's believable! I am very picky with horror-comedy (preferring Wes Craven's Scream quadrilogy as an amazing example of a perfect horror/comedy-thriller). This feature does an amazing job with character development (which some of these types of horrors lack), cinematography/framing for a modern docu-horror piece, amazing acting, an original story-line that isn't completely predictable at a least 50/50 ratio, & the running time of the feature was well used! Didn't feel too long, but not too short either! Of course M. Night's dazzling twist was completely unexpected and brilliant!

I appreciate M. Night trying something new with working on a piece with one of the top horror filmmakers/producers of this century right now, and completely hitting this genre out of the ballpark & completely owning up to the docu-style horror industry, not just living up to modern viewer standards, but also getting a descent round of applause from some of the critics. It could've been a little more frightening but hey, for what it was, I was still on the edge of my seat throughout the last 45 minutes of the feature, while still laughing & cringing at times. I give this feature so much credit from someone who is more of a fan of true serious horror, than dark comedy thrillers but this one blew it out of the ballpark.

Go get your friends/loved one, go to the theaters with an open mind, sit back, relax your thoughts, and just enjoy the roller coaster ride.