First off. This movie has some genuinely creepy scenes done almost perfectly right. And that's about all. The actors are not particularly believable in their roles ; the husband or boyfriend or whatever has more connection and displays more affection to the niece than the aunt who is actually blood related. In fact, the aunt doesn't seem to really interact with the niece at all. We're expected to believe they are a couple but they don't kiss, Hold hands or touch hug or playfully banter. In fact it took me and the wife a small bit to figure out they were a couple.
The plot is elusive and nothing helps you want to grasp it. There's a room in a house they move in to, the door is blocked by something. The boyfriend husband person gets the door open only to find out there's a armoire that was blocking the door. No one is put off by how it got there as the room has only one entrance. Inside the room is a mirror that's been painted over with black paint. What does the couple do? Leave the mirror and turn it into the nieces room. No one is put off by the black mirror in this little girls room just sitting there being all malicious and foreboding and crap. That's the basic tone for the whole movie. Oh, and I'd like to point out that the mother of the niece is mentally ill. This is depicted by her hospital gown, that she always wears. Always. Not by the fact that she's in an asylum. >_>
Throw a qualified writer, good actors (not even great, just good), a better director at this thing and you can turn this c movie into an a plus theatrical release.
The plot is elusive and nothing helps you want to grasp it. There's a room in a house they move in to, the door is blocked by something. The boyfriend husband person gets the door open only to find out there's a armoire that was blocking the door. No one is put off by how it got there as the room has only one entrance. Inside the room is a mirror that's been painted over with black paint. What does the couple do? Leave the mirror and turn it into the nieces room. No one is put off by the black mirror in this little girls room just sitting there being all malicious and foreboding and crap. That's the basic tone for the whole movie. Oh, and I'd like to point out that the mother of the niece is mentally ill. This is depicted by her hospital gown, that she always wears. Always. Not by the fact that she's in an asylum. >_>
Throw a qualified writer, good actors (not even great, just good), a better director at this thing and you can turn this c movie into an a plus theatrical release.