After an interesting (though seen before) opening, this film sinks into blandness. It tries to be moody and foreboding without going for the cheap scares, but the proper tone is never really established. That may be because the very conceit is just a little over the top. Every time the newspaper appears, the spooky music cues, the actor's eyes get wide, and he steps trepidaciously towards the ill omen and you feel as though you are waiting for something to jump out at you...but the truth is, there's nothing really that scary about a newspaper. I don't believe that everything in a movie needs to be explained or make sense, but when things are left unexplained, it should be done to good effect. That's an effect this film never achieves, try as it might.