If you grew up on these games, you may well thrill at having some of the sensations revisited in the cinema. But if you've ever seen a haunted house movie or a slasher, you'll be all too familiar with the beats of scares to be surprised. I'm sorry to say I never jumped, screamed, or even gasped. And maybe that'd be okay if this PG-13-rated horror film was mainly meant to appeal to kids; keeping things cliched and pretty light on onscreen violence and gore would make sense. But if this is intended for kids, then why all the beleaguering backstory about Mike's trauma and his struggle to keep custody of his sister? If that stuff is boring to an adult, will an adolescent have more patience for it? I doubt it.