rcgjtx In this game of life, I believe there are beings who know what happens to the soul after death. I caught this movie on the SciFi Channel and it grabbed my attention although i didn't see it from the beginning until years later when i finally got around to looking it up and watching it in full. That's how much this movie affected me In some way the movie is guiding lost souls and telling them what to expect when one dies. Just like many artists and musicians who record music with very strange lyrics about white lights and the moon and so forth. For the more visual person , like myself.....this movie spoke to me because this movie is telling everyone that after you die , to gain entrance to heaven you must first find the source. And the source is a common theme prevalent in most anything you listen to or see these days on TV or on the radio. And her dead mother plainly tells her "YOU MUST FIND THE SOURCE" If you are interested in my review then look up Trickster gods and read reviews of what is going on in this world and enlighten yourself to the mysteries of life. Thank you and good luck :)

Scarecrow-88 The lovely, voluptuous Monica Keena stars as a date rape victim, the drug used killing her. She is trapped in a sort of limbo, a sanctuary whose light is dimming, her Celia needing to find the door into heaven. Donovan(David Anders)has been a kind of guardian angel for Celia, keeping her from harm..that is until now where she has to avoid "soul eaters" which have secured her grandfather's soul since his life before death had been less than satisfactory for heaven. Celia spends most of the film running from the darkness and the creatures which desire to feast on her soul. Donovan's motives, which seem just, may not be what they seem. Donovan wishes for her to enter a room which may not be access to heaven, but instead somewhere as dark as damnation itself. Tim Thomerson has a nice role as Celia's grandfather, who she must save while staying one step ahead of the soul eaters out to get her. Celia also seeks to find a way out of her predicament so she can join her mother and grandmother in the afterlife. In the movie, Celia receives pointers on how to successfully attain her desired goal, through ambiguous means from her loved ones. We see that her father(a drunk who left Celia behind) and a childhood friend(a volleyball player), however, weren't so lucky. Director Steven R Monroe keeps his movie moving at an exhausting pace, creating, and maintaining, a disorienting and nightmarish atmosphere where poor Keena must go wherever sanctuary resides, barely able to catch a breath for any long periods due to the darkness which manifests and attempts to engulf her. The beautiful Jessica Stroup(HOMECOMING)is Keena's best friend, Justine, who she must keep safe from the same fate as she suffered. Monroe shrouds the character of Donovan with enough mystery and doubt that we aren't ever completely sure of his real reasons for helping Celia. Monroe shoots Celia's journey after death(and, actually, before she is killed)in a discombobulated fashion to convey how confounding her situation really is..how does one face such a terrifying scenario as not only having to accept that you're dead, but keep from being consumed by evil which comes at you from all angles? Keena's role is demanding physically because she's constantly running about to and fro, and she must show the emotional upheaval as well. Kudos to her in a tour-de-force performance.

miss_kristyd Just saw the movie, and it was pretty bad. Usually, when one watches a "horror" movie, you don't expect great dialouge. But this bordered on ridiculous! Monica Keena ("Celia") might have possibly given one of the worst performances I've seen. And the special effects certainly reflected the very low budget....come on guys, flashing lights as an effect for EVERY SINGLE PLOT POINT??? It kind of felt like when the a.v. kids in high school make a horror movie with their dad's camcorder.Okay, so with that slam out of the way, I do have to say that David Anders, who played the guardian angel Donovan, was actually quite good in the movie. He delivered the aforementioned awful dialouge with poise and interest, and I found myself rooting for him instead of the supposed heroine. I hope he starts getting larger roles because he is really an untapped talent (not counting Alias of course. he was amazing in it, but seeing as how that's over...).

wrlang Left in Darkness wasn't actually all that bad of a film. The description on the back left me very wary of what I was about to watch. The beginning was rather odd with the star as a little girl whose deafness to her grandfathers recommendations didn't bode well for a long life. The dreaded rape scene wasn't as horrible as I thought it would be, considering what some twisted directors have done with the subject. The story is about a woman who is raised by her grandparents after her mother dies giving birth and father disappears. She is killed at an animal house type of party by the typical drunken sociopath frat boys. She wakes up dead between heaven and hell and must fight for her soul using vague clues given to her by dead relatives and a guardian angel of sorts. It moves relatively quickly and has some good horror scenes. The editing was good and the camera work was good. The dialog was a little flat. The acting wasn't too bad and there were some seasoned actors in bit parts.