fredroque1 The project was too big for this director/screenwriter. Unexplained (all the way to the end) phenomena happened throughout the entire movie, and when the plot was finally revealed, went on to explain that everything that happened was just a figment of the protagonist's imagination. Q. Who was the boy in the white suit? A. it was all in his imagination.Q. Why did he imagine people disappearing (like the real estate agent) when he wasn't even present in that sequence? A. it was all in his imagination.I can go on and on with randomly idiotic examples from the movie. Make sure to steer clear from this unless you want to waste 90 minutes of your time.

Mat I thought that the days of ending a horror film with, "And then he woke up to find it was all a bad dream" had died 20 years ago, but here comes this appalling drivel to prove that there's always some feeble writer that thinks this unbelievably weak get-out of jail free card is clever. I can only assume that the writer himself has spent the last two decades otherwise engaged.Okay, in this case, all of the horror pieces are simply elements of real life, woven into a schizo's psychotic fantasy, but what an unbelievable cheap shot. Because by making everything part of a delusion, none of the mysterious threads ever need to be logically resolved; and not a single one of them is resolved. Dead kids in rocking chairs, ghost child's voices at night, ghostly house sellers, murdered settlers, ancient burial grounds, disappearing real estate salesmen, and forgetful handymen are just random events that need no explanation, nor does the film even bother. The director has essentially thrown together half dozen mildly intriguing ghost mystery clichés, then rather than answer any, the protagonist simply wakes up in a straight jacket, and that's supposed to provide a satisfactory explanation. I can barely express the contempt I feel for the laziness of the script-writing that brought about this conclusion.The really sad thing is, the movie had an interesting atmosphere, and was worth providing a sensible, logical ending. Yet another example of how 90 minutes can be ruined in the last 60 seconds. Like doing a 100 metre sprint and tripping just before the line.

Michael O'Keefe Scott Cooper directs and stars in this modest drama about a preservation architect, Will Custis(Cooper), who will be challenged by ghosts of the past, his own ancestry and sanity. Custis will take on the task of refurbishing and old estate on the banks of the Chesapeake Bay that he buys from its owner Ferlin Smith(Kris Kristofferson). The homestead has been in the Smith family for decades and may actually have hidden secrets to an old legend in America's history. The past will come flickering back and forth as the young University of Virgina scholar seems to be on a psychological thrill ride ready to separate him from his sanity.Interesting scenery and a story line that borders creepy. The supporting cast includes: Rachel Nichols, Aimee Teagarden, Tom Skerritt, Scott Ulrich, Tom Bower and Joanna Cassidy.

vgailj It had a good story with a real hook to it. I was very excited to see Kris Kristofferson, Tom Skeritt, and Skeet Ulrich in the same movie. The location was extraordinary and the house itself became a character in the movie. Good story, great actors, wonderful location and they still managed to screw it up. They dragged it on and on and then... LIMP CITY. This movie was all foreplay and no climax. Instead of going for a real thrill they wimped out. The "oh it was all just a dream" cop out wasn't used, but they might as well have. Were they trying to save money? Would a real story have been too long? The ending had that hurry-up-and-finish feeling to it. Maybe those big names who got conned into this thing deserved that kind of treatment, but the story didn't.