An interesting pre-Blair Witch "found footage" film. There's a lot of cliches, some really bad acting (the daughter and the grandmother), technical errors, and the third act is lackluster, but it's still strangely compelling and sometimes scary. The alien trapped in the upstairs bedroom scene is probably the best. Still, it lacks consistency, which makes it frustrating and ruins some of the immersion. It should be scarier than it is.

Terrified me as a kid.