this demon-possession horror movie has enough good moments that it's a shame the filmmakers didn't try harder; for every effectively moody scene, there's another that's lazy, twitchy, or shopworn
it's disappointing when the movie quickly starts offering what it thinks are frills: extra characters, extra kills, extra noise; most of the movie's creepy overtures are bluntly obvious-menacing thumps, rather than barely perceptible twitches
a dreary horror thriller, without any of those pesky thrills; a creepy place but a boring gig; It lacks character, it lacks morbidity, it lacks subtext, it lacks suspense
"The Possession of Hannah Grace" offers rather more old-fashioned body horror; crunching bones and tearing flesh are effectively rendered, yet expectations of cheap thrills drain away as the scares fail to materialise
