A solid, natural performance from Megan Gallagher makes this movie, which is underwritten but worth viewing for her performance and some interesting camera work and a 'something's not right here' atmosphere. Offbeat performers include Patty McCormack ("The Bad Seed")and Malcolm McDowell ("A Clockwork Orange"), hamming it up as a shrink. There is nothing more distracting than bad child actors, and this film suffers a blow from what seems to be a miscast little girl (Sofia Vassilieva), but she redeems her performance towards the end of the film. Horror films succeed or fail based on their ability to convince us there is something to be afraid of (whether or not the fear is rational); this film plays it too conservatively and then rushes the ending. Still, not a bad film that combines family dynamics with the horror genre.
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