Nigel P Mum, Dad and two daughters arrive in a car, looking over bleak and blasted moorlands at a gloomy Yorkshire mansion. Mum Meg (Olivia Williams) has been hired to renovate the premises; when she promises they'll have fun there in their new temporary home, the faces on her family say it all. Grizzled dad, artist Alec (Matthew Nodine) is possibly more enthused about the place than anyone; he feels he will accomplish great art there.The two children achieve a rare and wonderful thing. Troubled and anxious not to be there, they are terrifically convincing and utterly unspoiled. By that, I mean the precocious nature of youngsters in films is entirely absent. Antonia Clarke and Adam Thomas Wright are excellent as Penny and Harper Hamilton: funny, natural, engaging and likable – subsequently we care when they find themselves in jeopardy. And as this is a solid haunted house mystery, they do, with increasing intensity.The narrative begins well, bringing forth measured, intriguing scares more than hugely spectacular jump moments. The atmosphere is what is most successfully conveyed – the setting is truly barren, the house is a huge, empty, neglected shell in the midst of some gloriously bleak countryside. It looks truly breath-taking and writer/Director Nick Willing takes full advantage of that.As it progresses, the story becomes more than a little confusing. Two characters enter the proceedings who are there to explain things a little – first, creepy Charles Kendrick Walker (Stephen Chance) whose origins are enjoyably disconcerting; and secondly, ghost hunter Nigel Lean (Steve Oram), whose appearance is little more than a cameo.I'm quite fond of stories that don't answer all the questions, as the uncertainty that places in the mind of the viewer can be perturbing and add to the overall effect. Yet a bit more clarity would have been welcome here, especially in the closing moments. Other than that, this is a well-made, solid ghost story and well worth your time.

suite92 Husband Alec Hamilton, wife Meg, daughter Penny, and son Harper move to a large fixer-upper in the Yorkshire countryside. Meg has a contract to restore the house to its original state. Alec is an artist, perhaps separated from his muse. Meg hopes he can work well at the new location. Dust, no telephone signal to speak of, no running water, and it's cold. Nice start. Early on Alec and Meg force their way into a room that is not in the building's plans. As per horror cliché, the principal characters do not notice when they unintentionally make a blood sacrifice in just the wrong place. The viewers though, gets their noses rubbed in it.Meg is skilled in restoration, but loses her London team through accident and scheduling. She manages to interest a local builder, Sean Donnelly, to help her on a part time basis.Then the ghostly signs start showing up, and things get more difficult for the family.Bland and beautiful. The pacing is a bit slow, the building of dramatic tension is weak, and the execution is short on scares. For descriptions of the logical pitfalls in the script, perhaps try the other reviews on IMDb.

arun_latvia Luckily I didn't spend a dime for this nonsense, I downloaded it online. I couldn't say this is the worst horror I've ever seen but its one on the list. The acting is weird. There is no story build up. There is nothing in this for the movie to get a rating of 5+. While I downloaded it, it was 6.8+. Good movies like Unfriended was far more better gets lower score and this shitty crap gets 6+. I don't know what else to type. If you got chance to watch it, then please burn the disc or delete the file from your PC/Mac. Save your time and try to put a 1 rating to show the power of IMDb. I just don't know what else to say, just wanted to complete this 10 line thingy.

nickdawson-17508 This was OK but did not quite find its feet when it really needed some scares, it was not bad in any way and there were some good moments.The location was decent enough it just never reached its potential although the score made it dark in places along with good acting especially from the children.Matthew Modine was OK and so was Olivia Williams i just felt there characters were a little over the top in places which i think had to do with an average script.But do see this one as it will entertain for the better part of your watch.