A Case of old wine..

Someone please step out there and re-invent the horror movie genre. Case 39 is a case in point that totally lacks any new inspiration. Social worker Emily Jenkins (Renée Zellweger) takes a personal interest in Lillith Sullivan (Jodie Ferland), and the interest turns into alarmed near-adoption as Emily finds that Lillith’s parents were actually trying to kill her. Living under the same roof has unexpected (?) consequences however – a number of people close to Emily start dying, and the linkages to Lilith become irrefutable. And then the attempts to destroy the evil presence follow. Once you have the Omen meets Exorcist feeling about halfway through the movie, you will rapidly lose interest and wonder whether there is anything unexpected around the corner – there isn’t

10/20