I hadn't seen the original so judged this on its own merits. And there's a lot to like. Firstly, the location was excellent, the house setting effectively creepy and the camera work patient and building. Secondly the acting was really pretty good, these were much more believable, self-assured and 'real' girls rather than Hollywood b- movie screamers. The pace of the film was measured, not frantic, the mood claustrophobic and cheap 'jump scares' were kept to a minimum. So to the weaknesses. A few times I'd wonder why they just didn't all just stay together for the first few nights or indeed why the friends just didn't leave, car or no car. Becker the cat simply wasn't unnerving enough, it looked bored and given the time may have opted to throw itself into the pool. Overall though the biggest weakness was that it just wasn't scary. The setting could have been used a lot more, more creakiness, more effects more subtle than just a blurred figure in the background or a menacing hand. On balance then I found it engaging and interesting, it isn't the best of the genre but represents a good effort with high production values. If it detracts from the original then that's a shame because there was probably enough quality here to come up with an alternative new plot.

This movie must be rated 0/10. 4.5 is very high. Well ¿Shall we begin? This Movie is a remake from the 1975 Classic "Mas negro que la noche" a very thrilling story with creepy elements you enjoy and never tired of watching over and over, after decades. But,Whats this new version is so poor? Let me do a list:The character names: in this version was switched, changed. The story: was changed at all for a nonsense crap. The music: cheap. The wardrobe: worse ever seen in a film. Hair Styles: Even worse. Acting: very soap opera Directing: the weakest ever The story line: MESSY DRIVE Horror Level: Cero IN CONCLUSION: THE FILM MAKERS IDEAS ARE POOR AND CHEAP. THIS REMAKE SHOULD BE ERASED FOR HISTORY.

I may firstly say that I love some of the people who appear in this film, and one of the actors is someone I love dearly since childhood. They've had pretty heavy roles in some of the most controversial Mexican series of recent times. Their acting is usually very good, but it's a very different thing to make a long-haul telenovela to a proper feature.Said that, this film revolves around a house, a cat and a bunch of girls and a weird lady that try to make us feel uncomfortable. The problem is that they don't succeed on the task. And that's supposed to be the very raison d'etre for a horror movie. If you can recall acting as contrived and stiff as the old lady's, well... I have to pry my brain open to remember one, apart from some very bad comedies.Kudos for the location, cinematography and 3D. The post is superb. Lighting, audio and props, top notch... what you'd expect from a much more expensive film.Thumbs down to the story-telling and the over-the-top acting. These girls could be very nuanced and subtle in some other films, but here... well, yeah, OK. Eréndira Ibarra may be one of those rare gold nuggets that needs a film just for her -this wasn't the one. And I KNOW for sure, she needs a film of her own, because she's a fantastic actress. Here, she's just the cussing tough one.I guess the main problem is all the characters are fleshed out of their own stories and little is revealed to have the time to connect, empathize or feel for them even a slight connection. That puts them out of the way as you can concentrate more on the house, the furniture, the props... which... well, all of them are beautifully captured in glorious 3D.So, in the end, they've got a very polished result, visually, but without bones to lay your teeth on.

Wow... Where to start from... Actors seem to have a background in theater. Their performances are rather exaggerated and fake (but not fake enough for me to think "oh, that's the style of the film").Logic was a minor element of the film (meaning, it was very ever there). It was ridiculous. Examples: - A man makes a scene because he decides that after one week his girlfriend has changed. As part of his argument, he says that she's not been out lately (really? she moves home and decides not to go out the week of the move; how is that unusual in any way?). - The girls move into the house, which one of them owns. They seem to find it normal that the housekeeper assigns them their rooms, even if they don't like her choices. - The girls organize a party, leave a huge mess, that is magically cleaned in a couple of hours. - And so many other little things that were simply wrong!Finally, I found the main character's hair style very, very annoying. Yeah, I know. Out of all the things I could complain about. Why this? Well, her curls were beauty parlor curls... The type that require your hair to be straightened first and then curled up. She would wake up, and her hair would be ready. Really? Yeah, no.