While not groundbreaking territory, The Diabolical is one of those films that has to be admired for its sense of mystery, suspense and above all - trying to create an original concept.
In a market flooded by cookie-cutter found footage, when something a bit different comes along it's sometimes hard to know which way to receive it.
Ali Larter stars as a mother looking after her two children - the family is haunted by three nightmarish ghosts that appear at random intervals round the house and generally go round being all scary until they vanish again. One of which is a mutilated, charred corpse that drags itself around on its stumps. That one's my favourite.
It seems that the family has on the most part learned to see this as just some sort of inconvenience in their day to day and react by either ignoring them until they go away, or fighting them. However, when they engage the spooks, that's when things start to take a turn for the worse.
Now, there is a twist, and some substance to the plot. In fact it's either a great plot or one that will have you groaning.
Not mind blowing but by no means a bad movie - not your typical scare-fest.
5/10 Masks
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