Pay The Ghost: Nicholas Cage's Horror Movie

SUCH A CUTIE! And there is also little Charlie.

This is a review of Nicholas Cage horror movie called "Pay The Ghost". You read it right, Nicholas Cage is starring in a horror movie!

Ticket bought on impulse, midnight movie!

Okay, so I kind of like to watch movie trailers in my spare time, one trailer leads to another. And there was this horror movie with Nicholas Cage, and I have decided to watch it no matter what. So when the movie finally came out in the movie, I jumped and bought the tickets. It was Saturday, and it shows at midnight since it was the movie premiere. Oh my, I don't know what I was thinking. Before I watched a movie I always read reviews in site like IMDB and rotten tomatoes. I can tell you the rating and the review is not as good as I thought it would be, but well, I bought the ticket anyway.

The story revolves around Mike Cole (Nicholas Cage) who is a professor, big passion in teaching and research. Mike has a lovely wife, Kristen (Sarah Wayne Callies, The Walking Dead) and a son named Charlie (Jack Fulton). It was a pretty good life, only Mike seems to always lost track of time in his passion and sometimes make his family disappointed.

The story begin on several days before Halloween. Charlie kept seeing things. There were creepy vultures, like everywhere, it's weird Kristen or Mike did not notice. On Halloween, after Mike was once again could not live up to his promise, he tried to make up for it by taking little Charlie to a carnival. The carnival was great, scary but fun. But there is this person in old robe just watching from afar, in between people dressing up as scary things. Everything was fine, everyone was happy, Mike's life couldn't get any better as he is finally getting the position he was meant for at the university.

But then, Boom! Charlie is gone. Poof, disappear into thin air after asking "Dad, can we pay the ghost?" while staring at blank space. Mike was holding his hand waiting for the ice cream. It just seems impossible to not feeling Charlie letting go of the hand. But then again, it is something supernatural, so it is possible.

Okay, so not to spoil too much. The story then jumped a year later, Mike is still looking for Charlie while Kristen is trying to move on and is still blaming Mike for it. Mike and Kristen start seeing Charlie several days before Halloween. After following the appearance of the Charlie to an old building where a clue was found which was Pay The Ghost scrabble on the wall. Truths uncovers as Mike followed the clue Charlie left for him.

That was pretty much the plot I could share without having to spoil the story for you guys if you decided to put this movie to your to-watch list. 

My thought about this movie is that, not all movie with a legendary actor is good. But a great actor could make a not so good movie to a pretty decent movie to watch. This movie is pretty scary, I give you that, visuals of the ghost, children, children in horror movie has always been such a scary thing, in this movie? Scary kids are too much. And the scare jump when the ghost is filling the whole screen. Try not to jump or squeals because of that. The plot was pretty much guessable, the journey to it as well. But it does not make my wish to see the ending disappear. The emotion brought to you felt pretty real. Charlie is so lovable and I really want to see him go back into his family. Poor Charlie.

My suggestion?

If you'd like something to haunt you for some nights, watch it. 

If you are Nicholas Cage fans? Definitely watch it, you can't call yourself a fan if you miss one movie of him.

If you love kids? Don't watch it, it will make you curse and cry.
If you scared of kids? Definitely don't watch it either.
If you hate kids? Watch it.

Well, definitely watch it after you're  watching the trailer. It's going to make you curious and kept thinking about Nicholas Cage, er, I mean the movie. Here hereeeeee...

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With much horror, Tita.