So listen, the set design and style works and the basic premise is nothing special but it could work. The problem is there are many scenes that literally feel like the first take, as if actors are holding their script in their hands reading their lines out loud for the first time. It's rather painful at times and either they were short on time and could only do a couple takes, or the director needed a lot more experience directing actors. Some of the actors are in other projects and have performed much better so this really does fall onto director's responsibility. I don't recommend this movie.

The acting is not that bad, well... The blonde one is a pointless character and a bad actress... The kids did it well, but the story is just boring and the movie too short. Maybe with 30 more minutes they could make it more interesting?I don't know, too little events and then the story unfolds in the last 30 seconds of the movie.I wouldn't buy or rent this movie, it is a waste of time. I just created this account to rate it because I was up late expecting a good movie, but no... I should have read the reviews before watching.Just dull.

A family moves house after the death of the mother, only to find themselves trapped by the history of their new home as an evil spirit takes over ...Standard haunted house tale, so it needs a bit of spice and cleverness to impress. The outstanding feature is the photography, with plenty of angles and movement and depth and detail. But they might regret the decision to light almost the entire movie brightly - shadows often obscure a horror tale, but this one needed more.The acting was OK, especially the little girl, although even she struggled with some lifeless dialogue. And I think that's where the problem is - the writing and direction. The origin story didn't play through, and we weren't led to the source of the evil. Some crucial scenes were handled badly and turned out underwhelming. Plus there were some spots where dialogue was repeated to no extra effect, and one of the female characters could have been folded into another without harming the story.The music was pretty good, but laid on too thick.So it's a first time feature for the director/writer. A bit sloppy, and lacking conviction. But it definitely doesn't deserve one star ratings.ps. The cinematographer has a similar movie in production, so that could be interesting.

I've just watched this film and I've got to say, what a waste of 85 minutes it was! The beginning was compelling and it looked like it had great potential, but that's as far as it went! I agree with other reviewers about the acting, it was just awful! **** Spoiler Alert**** I honestly thought, the point of the mum being dead in the film would lead to her saving them at the end, but no, the film didn't go anywhere. There was no real story line and nothing was explained, to say it was weak is an understatement. There's the usual clichéd features, copied from other horror films, yawn, yawn! And the ending was just cheesy. Save yourself money and more importantly time, and see something much more worthy.