notesiwright I absolutely love this movie and I can't find it anywhere online but I think about it all the time. I miss it. I love it. Seems that it is not in any way shape or form popular but I wish it were around somewhere. It's amazing. My favourite film for sure. I need to watch it again. I've watched it countless times in the past from about age 12-16. Highly recommend. I really do wonder why this film has gathered so much negativity though.

samilou90 --contains spoilers--major spoilers--Alright, so I decided to watch this movie because I was bored, and the summary sounded good. The acting was not terrible, was not great either. The only point that did not quite make sense to me is why was she so interested in her neighbor, if she was so busy with moving to a new place, and all that how did she have time to spy? Yet she did have time to spy, and the more she did the more she found out. Victoria was a powerful woman full of great strength to not only ignore what her husband was saying about her being sleep deprived and basically calling her crazy, she still managed to follow her gut and save the girl next door. Not only the girl but her best friend also. The ending is what really makes me mad, he falls down the steps and that is it, he is done. I wasn't too sure why they just left him there, it wasn't like he broke his back? He walked to the police car. Yet they did, they left him lying there and he did no more harm? It made no sense to me. Not a great movie, not a terrible movie, somewhere in between. I also did not like how the husband was suddenly on her side at the end, and everything was OK. If that was my husband and he thought I was crazy, i'm not sure I could forgive him. Yet she does. The only twist I did not see coming was the wife knew all about the son dying and the daughter being kept down there. She got what she deserved though and what do you know, one big happy ending.

mksusan7 I found this movie to be pretty suspenseful and overall an okay flick. But it was very irritating how the husband treated Victoria (the lead female). *SPOILER* He won't believe a word she says even when she says she actually saw a girl in the basement next door. He then just basically says you are crazy me and our daughter are out of here bye. She is pleading for help and for him to believe her and he just doesn't even seem to care and just goes to leave. Personally I would have an awful time forgiving my husband for treating me that way. But of course they are all okay in the end. However, the story was decently written and you really weren't completely sure what was going on and who knew about it until the end. Acting was pretty good as well. I liked that the heroine was a little tougher than they usually make this type of character. She was always on her toes expecting the worst instead of making dumb mistakes. The bad guy in the film was so creepy and disturbing he did an excellent job at his role. *SPOILER* At the end when he falls down the stairs I was a little disappointed he didn't get hurt more. I was hoping maybe our main gal would take his stupid shovel and whack him around a few times before calling the cops. Overall I'd watch again.

jb0579 You know, I really thought this was going to be a BAD movie,and I watched it anyway because nothing else jumped at me, and the fact that it's based on a true story was intriguing to me. A young couple moves to a nice suburban Seattle neighborhood, and immediately weird things are abode next door. The young pretty wife gets interested in the goings on, and begins a quazi-investigation. the things that make this movie work are the understated performances, which is really hard to do, ana a strong script, story arc, and premise. Not so great: a sort of predictable ending. This easily could have been a breakout movie for this director along the lines of an M. Night Shylamon (SP?), but it narrowly misses the mark. it's worth a watch, though, but don't expect the Sixth Sense...