To start with I was impressed as it's not too often these days that you see a "big budget" horror that's not found footage.
Nicholas Cage and that lass out of Walking Dead/Prison Break star in this colour-by-numbers horror about a child that vanishes on Halloween into a nether realm and their hunt for said kid along with other vanished youths.
Much like it's peers of the day (namely Insidious) it's a flick that starts off creepy and then has that effect that someone is stood next to you blowing a massive raspberry while flicking cheese at the screen.
Cage's over-acting is almost parody, the rest of the cast are almost stereotypes of themselves and the plot makes you want to poke both eyes out with a dog poo.
A mysterious woman who has the time to explain the whole plot to the couple searching for the kids, the sceptical police man, the vultures as spirits, the blind homeless man who leads Cage over a bridge into the netherworld.... everything has been done to death and the only original thing about this was the possessed kick bike.
The first 30 minutes or so dragged me in and then it was a bit like they changed directors from Eli Roth to a 15-year old girl.
Avoid.
3/10 Masks.
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