Audiences could once again have been faced with the small group of people confronted by a single - minded killing machine alien monster - the bog standard plot of countless horror films from Halloween to Friday the 13th to the first ever haunted house story ever filmed.
Based on a short story by Shirley Jackson, it's about four poor souls who start digging into a terrible old house, and it may just be the template for every traditional haunted - house movie you've ever seen.