It's a decent film. I'm not coming from a point of view of having seen all the films in the series, but just as a straight horror fans. I'm use to gory horror films of the 70s and 80's, when you see this light fare now, it's not shocking to me. Dropping a few glasses, the bed moving around or shudders shaking or a ghost popping out here and there draws a big yawn from me. Go rent Evil Dead, Dawn of the Dead 1978, The Fog 1980, The Thing 1982, Scanners, the Exorcist 1973, VHS in 2013. These films draw real scares. So a horror fan use to those films may not be as impressed by this, if you like horror light then it lives up to the other films.