After the lost her husband Owen to suicide going through Owen's belongings she finds there maybe more to his death.
In the vein of The Awakening, Stir of Echoes and What Lies Beneath to name a few, director David Bruckner offers a finely produced horror thriller. The cast are soild and believable, notable is Vondie Curtis-Hall as Mel. Rebecca Hall's delivers a gripping central performance, and plays the grief stricken obsessive widowed protagonist abdmirally.
With a handful of well filmed locations courteously cinematographer Elisha Christian, Bruckner delivers an atmospheric piece that engages emotionally, heighten by Ben Lovett score. However, writers Ben Collins, Luke Piotrowski screenplay does unravel in the final act, Hall's struggle while she tries to wrestle the demons and her husband's secrets in the first two acts is compelling but never clarified satisfyingly in the third. The film works best when its playing physiological horror with thriller dream state rather than the on the nose supernatural elements. Particularly, characters encountered, note books, letters, photos, the house and it's secrets.
Worth watching for Hall's performance alone, but recommend with caution.Worth watching for Hall's performance alone
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