This is a middling horror, without much in the way of scares. Inhaling the 'cremains' of the former patients of a mental asylum, three out of four students find they are possessed by the spirits of the inmates. The fourth, new girl Emma (Inbar Lavi) has to try and save them.
I'm going to be absolutely honest and admit that Gabby (Holland Roden) kept me watching. The others were nowhere near as obnoxious as teens often are in this kind of film, but not hugely interesting either. Emma's telepathic sympathy with the former inmates is a way of getting into the story, but like the creepy lone security guard, that plot line comes to nothing.
A reasonable flick then, without ever approaching greatness. The location is very effective and nicely shot; A. D. Calvo's direction is often very effective, with many moody establishing shots of the various locations - but it never quite lives up to its powerful opening sequence. My score is 5 out of 10.
I'm going to be absolutely honest and admit that Gabby (Holland Roden) kept me watching. The others were nowhere near as obnoxious as teens often are in this kind of film, but not hugely interesting either. Emma's telepathic sympathy with the former inmates is a way of getting into the story, but like the creepy lone security guard, that plot line comes to nothing.
A reasonable flick then, without ever approaching greatness. The location is very effective and nicely shot; A. D. Calvo's direction is often very effective, with many moody establishing shots of the various locations - but it never quite lives up to its powerful opening sequence. My score is 5 out of 10.