moongoddess-30185 The Cottage was a really scary movie.There were some good actors, and the film had a cool look and style. Morissa O'Mara is one to watch. Great if you are into scary fix. The film played with the fear of a stranger getting. into your life and people start disappearing. Kinda scary. The dysfunctional family was a good jumping off point.It had a psychological thriller vibe that drew you in. Could be a cult classic? Worth a watch. David Arquette was super scary in this movie. This movie was a mix of of horror and psychological thriller with an arty edge.. I want to watch again, because I missed some things . I would recommend this move to people who like scary movies with style.

Michael O'Keefe A young couple wakes up in a nightmare after renting out their guest cottage. Without any real references, Chloe(Kristen Dalton)and Michael(Victor Brown)rent the cottage behind their home to Robert Mars(David Arquette), a writer who claims to need privacy. Mars comes across bashful although he writes romance novels. Chloe becomes curious about the sometimes charming renter, observing the hours he keeps and his comings and goings. Choloe doesn't like Mars staring at her daughter and really freaks out after finding him in the main house in the baby's room. Does Mr. Mars lead a double life, maybe searching for writing material? Or is he even a novelist at all? Is he just devious? This film seems like a dull made for TV movie. Very little acting, albeit there is enough curiosity raised to make a decent psycho thriller flick. THE COTTAGE is filmed in Santa Clara, California and filling out the cast: Morissa O'Mara, Alana O'Mara, Ken Baumann, Franny Hocking, Bellamy Young and Darren Dalton.

atreyuu2003 ***MAJOR SPOILERS***From beginning to end, I was wondering how such a good premise could come off as being so placid and, sometimes, even embarrassing.1. The whole "creepy neighbor" thing came on too strong, too quickly. That took mountains of suspense away from the general thematic. At that point, which was far too soon in the movie, all the characters began acting in a way no one would ever act, given the situation.2. Far too many questions and suspended reasoning throughout.3. The director didn't seem to know what to do with the two daughters. Why in the world would one of the daughters choose to be with some strange old guy, killing her father, quite brutally, I might add, in the process? There was no back-story to that. Had she been molested? Had she been mistreated? That was never apparent. In fact, the most I could gather was that the father was a GOOD father, which makes her actions even more puzzling.4. Moreover, why in the world would there be three other girls--all quite beautiful--under the spell of this lunatic old guy? What power did he have over them? Was he drugging them? What were their stories to have such rare and diverse outcomes? It just made absolutely no sense, whatsoever.5. Then we find out--in some kind of supposed twist/shocker--that there are more than three girls. There is a whole harem full of them. Once again, WHY? Why? Why? Why? The answer could have lent a entirely new and exciting layer to the story.6. The actors, outside of David Arquette, who was like a wooden spoon from start to finish, were commendable with the minimally constructed script they were given. It was clear that they were trying to use facial expression and body language to convey some of the elements the script should have channeled.I gave two stars for the acting chops of the two sisters, Morissa and Alana O'Mara. I would like to see what they can do with something more.Well, in conclusion, you can pass on this one, folks. There is really nothing to see here.

movieman_kev I must have written that summary a good 50 times attempting to keep a straight face before (somewhat) succeeding.. But even looking past the... inventive casting, this movie about a romance novelist who might not be who he seems, is a hopelessly muddled mess. Poor direction, abysmal writing, nonsensical characters. No character really has any rhyme nor reason to do anything that they do in the film. The movie feels horribly disjointed like they wanted to make a Lifetime-esque thriller but even failed at those 'lofty' goals. It's also one of the tamest movies of the 'bad tenant' sub-genre that I had the misfortune of subjecting my eyes to.