What's wrong with Saw or Insidious? They're both reasonably respected...at least in horror movie terms.

Lili Taylor and Vera Farmiga, though...

Why did I watch that? I hate horror movies. (Not judging. Just not my thing.) Even a really well done horror movie is not on my list.

That said, the only real surprise in this trailer is the claim that it is "based on a true story".

"Based on a true story"? Ha ha ha... oh yeah, that time some spirits tried to kill a family and the real-life ghost busters they hired. Totally remember seeing that on the news.

I agree though—the longer shots in the trailer held my attention.

Why do they ever go in the basement? Idiots.

I can see pre-movie commercials now.

Clap on...clap off. The clapper!

Getting a little sick of haunted houses, but this looks promising. It has a late seventies feel, although maybe this is just a result of the titling. Plus - Lili Taylor!

This trailer is awesome, and the exact opposite of the worst trailers ever: the ones whose succession of brief fade-ins/fade-outs are timed to an ominous pile-driver beat.

Whenever one of those comes on in the theater - which is quite often, since it's a standard way to make a trailer for a movie that's barely entered post-production - I just close my eyes until it's over.

@2 I despise Saw because it turned the horror genre into "torture porn". I go to horror to get scared, or see suspense, not to find a movie that makes me want to puke.

I love Lili Taylor, so that's all I need to know.