I laughed at the sheer ridiculousness of this movie. The acting, writing, storyline, execution, all of it was over-the-top and unrealistic to the point of it being laughable.
The premise was fine, it was just executed in a way that was confusing and didn't make any sense at all. It kinda reminded me of the 2015 horror film 'The Visit' where the couple staying at the home wasn't actually the kids real grandparents. It actually took me a while to figure out that the guy murdered at the beginning was the real uncle. But they didn't do a good job of moving the plot forward.
This is becoming normalized for Lifetime movie writers and producers. They make great plot devices sometimes but they execute it very poorly.
Characters such as Kurt, and the sheriff, seemed to be introduced so suddenly. And of course they had to make Kurt's murder happen offscreen in an attempt to build suspense but it comes off as forced and contrived. And we don't know how he was killed so there's that. Also the sheriff and the store clerk talked about a robbery that happened that might've involved the Kurt guy, but we never see it happen. They most likely omitted a scene out of the movie where the robbery happened to keep it in time.
The boyfriend Sam, overacted through out, Especially during the scene where he saw Kurt's body and warns Jessica about it and tells her that they both need to leave. As for Jessica she only ever showed at least one or two emotions, which were sadness from the loss of her mother and fear. Clare Kramer can play a believable psycho role, but she also over acted her part too.
70% of the film was just pointless filler dialogue (as usual) and it wasn't until the last 30 minutes that the storyline really kicked into high gear and it was all overwhelming.
If it wasn't for the poor and confusing delivery I would've rated it 6 stars, but a 4 star rating is fair enough.
The premise was fine, it was just executed in a way that was confusing and didn't make any sense at all. It kinda reminded me of the 2015 horror film 'The Visit' where the couple staying at the home wasn't actually the kids real grandparents. It actually took me a while to figure out that the guy murdered at the beginning was the real uncle. But they didn't do a good job of moving the plot forward.
This is becoming normalized for Lifetime movie writers and producers. They make great plot devices sometimes but they execute it very poorly.
Characters such as Kurt, and the sheriff, seemed to be introduced so suddenly. And of course they had to make Kurt's murder happen offscreen in an attempt to build suspense but it comes off as forced and contrived. And we don't know how he was killed so there's that. Also the sheriff and the store clerk talked about a robbery that happened that might've involved the Kurt guy, but we never see it happen. They most likely omitted a scene out of the movie where the robbery happened to keep it in time.
The boyfriend Sam, overacted through out, Especially during the scene where he saw Kurt's body and warns Jessica about it and tells her that they both need to leave. As for Jessica she only ever showed at least one or two emotions, which were sadness from the loss of her mother and fear. Clare Kramer can play a believable psycho role, but she also over acted her part too.
70% of the film was just pointless filler dialogue (as usual) and it wasn't until the last 30 minutes that the storyline really kicked into high gear and it was all overwhelming.
If it wasn't for the poor and confusing delivery I would've rated it 6 stars, but a 4 star rating is fair enough.