Night Shyamalan s Newest Horror Movie - 948 Words

Although the concept of a grandma scurrying around on all fours during the late hours of the night is quite unsettling, M. Night Shyamalan’s newest horror movie, The Visit, just simply is not that horrific. Be relieved! It is not quite as bad as some of his past projects including The Last Airbender (which received a mere 6% rating on Rotten Tomatoes) and After Earth (which surprisingly reached an 11% review from critics on Rotten Tomatoes). Both were rewarded with overwhelmingly bad reviews and had a negative affect on his career. The Visit had a five-million-dollar budget and was filmed over 30 days as a result of Shyamalan attempting to be â€Å"skinny† and work with under a time and strict money budget. He said he was striving to â€Å"shoot fast and with a kind of leaner, tighter mentality† (Guerrasio). He may have accomplished his goal, but his product was no where near reaching the standard set by his best film The Sixth Sense. Choppy found footage is the tactic that is used to document siblings Becca, who has a weird issue with mirrors, and Tyler’s, who is a big fear of germs, week long stay with their grandparents whom they have never met. The cause of the separation is said to be a mysterious argument between Pop Pop and Nana and their mother before they were born. It is left unexplained until the end of the movie with the reveal, frankly, not being that exciting or monumental. However, it lingers in most conversations causing Nana to have some pretty interesting