Nigel P This is almost an excellent film, but you have to work to understand what is going on.A family is devastated by the apparent suicide of the son, with the mother Helen (Carolyn Hauck) in particular, making it a personal mission to get to the truth. The acting in this low-budget project is mostly top notch – in Hauck's case, possibly too good; her obsession pushes her into very obvious insanity that wouldn't go unnoticed by those she comes into contact with. It goes beyond 'tell her she's mad, dad' and would surely lead to steps being taken to secure proper care for her – but she's right, of course, to an extent, although the director fills the narrative with so many sped-up shots, blurred images, flashbacks and other effects that occasionally events become incomprehensible. Whilst this is a good way of conveying how Helen (who to me, has a smattering of Sigourney Weaver about her) now sees the world, it can leave the viewer confused. As a result, often the 'quieter' moments are most effective.Suthi Picotte as daughter Kate is also very good in a cast who actually appear to be more concerned with acting than posturing, which can be one of the pitfalls of many modern horror/dramas.There are many films I've thoroughly enjoyed, but it is doubtful I'll visit them again. This deserves more than one airing however, to enjoy again events packed into the fast moving runtime, and also to see many things undoubtedly missed out on.

scoup Made it about 30 minutes before turning off. Just not good.Poor acting.Trite imagery which at the same time tries too hard - how is that even possible???Is there no end to the scraps of papers littering the entire movie? Seriously, a constant mess of scraps of papers. Boring.The walls which are splattered with black goop, or was it supposed to be blood? But I really don't care enough to figure out which it is.After 30 minutes I should care about something, but I don't.oh well.

kosmasp This is a very well crafted little movie. It does offer quite a few clichés and might let itself down a bit after a very strong beginning, but I still feel like this deserves to be seen. Of course you could argue that the current rating suggests otherwise (the movie having only managed to get a bit more than half of what I gave it). But then again, shouldn't you judge for yourself? Especially if you do have a thing for small little horror movies, with a neat idea, that do have a well crafted (filmed) product to show to you. The acting is nice and even if you do not like where it is heading, I do hope you like the movie as it is. I know I did (but then again I do have a thing for independent, well crafted horror movies)!

Alan Bannacheck In the beginning of the movie we see Sean and his girlfriend presumably trying to halt a satanic ritual. When the dynamite fails to ignite, Sean is greeted with death through being hung by barbed wire. The rest of the film is directed at his family’s torment afterwords.First off, there is the mother Helen, who suffers from sleepwalking. After discovering some Satanical scrapbooks in her dead son’s room, she starts experiencing waking nightmares which we assume are of the past and what her son was uncovering. Granted there is some chilling sequences and good lighting effects, but the CGI here can be somewhat cheap too.Secondly, we have the daughter Kate, who is encouraged to join theater at her high school. Kate wins the leading role and is paired up with the theater hunk and seems to be optimistic. Unfortunately her mother discovers the director of the play named “Miss Bliss” is the one responsible for conjuring up the demon known as “The Collector of souls.” You can guess where the film goes from here.Overall the movie deserves a 6/10. There are a few good twists and the plot isn’t as cliché as one would expect. The filmography is above par for a B-grade film. The acting wasn’t flawless, but the cast did a convincing job, the left is up to willing suspense of disbelief. I would recommend this for die-hard horror fans into movies about cults.Alan "Skip" Bannacheck -The Horror Encyclopedia