I've been hearing good things about this movie for awhile now. It sounded like just the kind of movie I'd love, so I've been excited to watch it for the challenge this year. It's about a young woman who returns to her childhood home and finds that there seems to be a presence there that wants her gone. I'm a suckered for stories about people who return to their childhood towns as nd homes to confront old secrets, so I was sure I'd like this one (or at least fervently hopeful).
The acting in this movie is great. I mean even side characters who ate only in the movie for a few minutes are good actors. There's big budget movies that can't be arsed to get good actors for main roles, so the quality of the acting here is a nice surprise. The setting is beautiful, too. There's something Haunting about the bayou that sets me up to be scared before anything scary even happens. I also have to mention the music, because there are plenty of scenes where the music made everything scarier, and for that, I was grateful that the filmmakers put that much extra care into crafting a good scary movie.
The story is brutal, more than I expected it to be. Suffice it to say that there's no happy family reunion in store for these characters. The girl's father creeped me out almost as much as any ghostly characters did, and while I can see a sort of retribution in what happens here, it's still tragic to watch it play out. I won't spoil anything, but suffice it to say this one is worth checking out.
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