I had high hopes for this flick. After all, it scored over an 8 on IMDb. What a confusing disappointment.
First of all, the entire plot has no focus. It's not really a comedy, horror or thriller movie as it's described. It's like bad potpourri. A little of everything, and it all clashes.
It's supposed to be about "Sarah Walsh" as a struggling actress who recently moved back home to care for her terminally ill father. Yet, the only way we know that is because she tells another character that. You never see her father, and there's no hints of any theatrical bent on her part. Her character, like every character in the movie is just that -- a character. Not one person is fleshed out in any meaningful way. None of the characters are likable or unlikable -- they're just 'there'.
I was hopeful at the beginning -- her interaction with her catering boss showed some promise, especially with mentions of how a victim's head hasn't been found. And then abruptly, she leaves and isn't seen again. Then the sister Aubrey makes some creepy facial expressions that lead you to believe it's going to be very interesting. But then that's the end of that. Every character has some unexplainable personality 'quirks" that don't make sense or add anything to the story at all, and they aren't even consistent. The older brother is so off-the-wall aggressive and creepy that there's no suspense involved, certainly not of the 'her suspicions grow stronger after meeting him" variety. The second you see the brother, you know the dude did something.
Get a big bowl and toss in "cop with a checkered past", "mother with dementia", "brain-damaged younger sister", "not-too-bright partner", "boring-as-hell main character", and WOOT! "strange person being confined in an upstairs room". Then splash some incest tangent to explain the strange person being confined upstairs, some random violence, and then sprinkle in some really annoying inter-cuts of home-movies and 1/24th-second creepy B&W old photos randomly throughout different scenes, and you have a big bowl of garbage.
I honestly couldn't decide whether to yawn or cringe half the time. As a huge thriller/horror buff (even better if some wicked humor is involved), I would never recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys those genres. If you like pointless, non-suspenseful story lines about people you don't find interesting at all, this may be the movie for you!
First of all, the entire plot has no focus. It's not really a comedy, horror or thriller movie as it's described. It's like bad potpourri. A little of everything, and it all clashes.
It's supposed to be about "Sarah Walsh" as a struggling actress who recently moved back home to care for her terminally ill father. Yet, the only way we know that is because she tells another character that. You never see her father, and there's no hints of any theatrical bent on her part. Her character, like every character in the movie is just that -- a character. Not one person is fleshed out in any meaningful way. None of the characters are likable or unlikable -- they're just 'there'.
I was hopeful at the beginning -- her interaction with her catering boss showed some promise, especially with mentions of how a victim's head hasn't been found. And then abruptly, she leaves and isn't seen again. Then the sister Aubrey makes some creepy facial expressions that lead you to believe it's going to be very interesting. But then that's the end of that. Every character has some unexplainable personality 'quirks" that don't make sense or add anything to the story at all, and they aren't even consistent. The older brother is so off-the-wall aggressive and creepy that there's no suspense involved, certainly not of the 'her suspicions grow stronger after meeting him" variety. The second you see the brother, you know the dude did something.
Get a big bowl and toss in "cop with a checkered past", "mother with dementia", "brain-damaged younger sister", "not-too-bright partner", "boring-as-hell main character", and WOOT! "strange person being confined in an upstairs room". Then splash some incest tangent to explain the strange person being confined upstairs, some random violence, and then sprinkle in some really annoying inter-cuts of home-movies and 1/24th-second creepy B&W old photos randomly throughout different scenes, and you have a big bowl of garbage.
I honestly couldn't decide whether to yawn or cringe half the time. As a huge thriller/horror buff (even better if some wicked humor is involved), I would never recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys those genres. If you like pointless, non-suspenseful story lines about people you don't find interesting at all, this may be the movie for you!