Let me start off by saying if, god forbid, I ever had another child and it was a girl, 'Emma' would be the last choice on my list of baby names and it's all thanks to this film. Actually, not even the last choice. There's a negative one billion chance that 'Emma' would ever make the cut.But I digress.This shallow excuse for a horror plot revolves around three stunningly idiotic sisters who are going to visit their aunt on some remote island after their parents were killed in a car wreck. The youngest sister, Emma, was also there and barely survived herself according to the middle sister, Marley, though Emma shows no outward physical signs of trauma. Just a mopey teenage girl who is already hurling head-long into goffdom at the age of fourteen.I give it another year before she's painting her eyes black and donning spiked dog collars while listening to The Cure on repeat.Since the car wreck, EMMA! is understandably devastated, but she takes it just a teensy bit too far with her, "Everyone around me dies," schtick. But she is correct. Everyone around her does die, but it's only because she keeps running off on her own which prompts her sisters to constantly chase her around the island, shouting, "Emma! EMMA!!!! EMMA!!!!!!!!" Obviously the townsfolk know a lot more about what's going on than the Three Stooges here, but despite their repeated advice to stfu, Sarah and Marley are steadfast in their pursuit, not to mention their complete inability to care about anyone else aside from EMMA!! "Whoops, we just got another islander killed with our incessant shrieking. Oh well. EMMA!!!!!"The two older sisters seem to be under the impression that they are just as expendable as the islanders. The audience nods in agreement.On another note: Marley seems to be suffering from a terrible case of Middle Child Syndrome. Just an observation.Honestly at this point, just let the stupid kid go where she wants and if she gets eaten by the big scary fiery twig monster, so be it.Also, what was up with Seth? What's his story? Does he have one? Does anyone even care?All in all, the premise was promising, the atmosphere was primed for some great spookiness, but the execution was a god awful failure. The only "horror" I experienced was the fact that this film made it to publication. There was little to no plot and if you even figured out what that was, congratulations. There was no character development, not even among the sisters. The smart people died off quickly while the three insipid baffoons remained alive until the end. Only in a cliched horror flick is that ever possible, though I still can't figure out why.

Three sisters go to live with their Aunt Cora (Deborah Kara Unger) on a remote NW island. It is Halloween and there is a monster thing (see DVD cover) on the loose and it is killing the residents. Emma (Alisha Newton) the youngest of the 3 sisters sees its killings in her dreams. We get an explanation of what this is by Toby (Dylan Playfair) who looks like a young Kurt Russell.This is a made for TV film. Nothing the kids can't see outside of a little horror. I thought the opening build up was good with Aunt Cora and Emma being spooked out. However once the film gets going, it gets into a rut and can't generate any more horror.

Cora (Deborah Kara Unger) barely escapes a mysterious force. Her nieces Sarah (Stephanie Hunt), Marley (Sarah Dugdale), and Emma (Alisha Newton) arrive on Shelter Island to stay with her. The sisters are out of money after the death of their parents and the treatment for the traumatized Emma. Seth (Richard Harmon) follows them. They run out of gas and find a dying Aunt Cora in her crashed car. They rescue a heavily injured woman who tells them that the killings would continue until the end of Halloween.Deborah Kara Unger is probably the only recognizable name and she gets killed off right away. The production is lower level. Harmon has great creepiness. The girls are functional actors. The cast could work but there isn't much style to the horror directing. The CG is lesser TV level. The creature design is pretty good but it should only come out during the night. It looks cheap in daylight. This is a lesser TV horror.

One of the worst movies I have ever seen, and I watch all type of movies, sometimes even if reviews are bad just so I can rate it myself.This movie goes around stupid people doing stupid things. Normal people is not stupid, so why making a film with people doing and deciding stupid things?One of the actresses, the blue eyes one, seems mad all the time, yelling at everyone constantly. Why? And with her eyes wide opened ALL THE MOVIE!!! Like in a panic situation all the time too. Stupid!Stupid moments and actions happen repeatedly during the movie making you say "How...? What the...? Why she...?". Like when one of the sisters was tied up, with a rag covering her mouth so she couldn't scream and her wrists and feet tied with rope, but her hands and fingers free!!! And she was like "Hmhmm!!! Hmhmhhhmmm! Hmmhmm!". Why didn't she use her hands to remove the rag from her mouth? Or to remove the rope from her feet? So stupid!Or when they were walking on the forest looking for the power plant and suddenly, just because one of the sisters walked a few more steps than the other, they get separated. The sister left behind starts calling for the other but the other sister never responds. Suddenly again, the other sister appears safe, telling the other to continue towards the plant. So, why would someone not respond to his/her partner call if she's a few meters away from you, more important, if she's your sister and you are together in the middle of a forest in a dangerous situation? Stupid!These were just two examples of stupid stuff, and so many other things happen out of nothing, just because.The only star I give is because of the monster originality.Overall, a hollow and stupid movie full of nonsense.