Review of The Messengers (2007) by Courtney H — 27 Aug 2013

I think what bothers me the most is how the ghosts are terrorizing the shit out of these poor little kids! The ghosts are supposed to be the spirits of the mom and two kids who were innocent, good people who were brutally murdered by the nut job husband, right? So my understanding is that their souls cannot rest until they get justice for what happened to them and they are trying to get the attention of the new tenants so their bodies can be located and have the husband be brought to justice. Ok, so that's all fine and dandy but what bugs me is that, again, they are the ghosts of good people - not evil, psychotic people. Yes they are rightfully angry and vengeful but their anger is toward the one who killed them, not the young kids who moved into their house. They could have made their presence known without terrifying the girl half to death, I mean of course she would have been scared at first seeing ghosts but they could have shown her that they meant no harm. Instead it's portrayed like the ghosts are getting off on torturing the girl and scaring her to death. I know it wouldn't have made for a good horror movie if they had been nice, friendly ghosts but in that case the movie shouldn't have even been made. Sure, it was entertaining enough but if it were me I'd be thinking, "why the hell . "would I want to help you asshole.

ghosts after you've tortured the shit out of me?!" You don't really feel sorry for the poor mom and kids getting murdered anymore after you see all the fucked up things they do to the kids, they end up looking like just as much of dicks as the husband did!