Horror novelist Susan (a solid and appealing performance by Charisma Carpenter) relocates to a remote rural area of England in the wake of suffering from a mental breakdown. However, it turns out said rural area was the same place where a savage massacre occurred fifteen years ago.
While writer/director Reg Traviss gets this movie off to a cracking start with several bloody'n'brutal killings and makes nice use of the beautiful countryside, he alas lets the mostly predictable story unfold at a plodding pace and crucially fails to generate much in the way of any essential tension or creepy atmosphere. However, Traviss does deliver a real dandy dark twist at the very end. Moreover, the game cast do their best with the so-so material: Paul Sulfor as Susan's conniving no-count husband David, Ricci Harnett as scruffy gamekeeper Peck, Ty Glaser as brash tart Emily, Richard Raynes as pesky agent Charles, and Bernard Key as helpful local priest Reverend Swan. An okay time-killer.
While writer/director Reg Traviss gets this movie off to a cracking start with several bloody'n'brutal killings and makes nice use of the beautiful countryside, he alas lets the mostly predictable story unfold at a plodding pace and crucially fails to generate much in the way of any essential tension or creepy atmosphere. However, Traviss does deliver a real dandy dark twist at the very end. Moreover, the game cast do their best with the so-so material: Paul Sulfor as Susan's conniving no-count husband David, Ricci Harnett as scruffy gamekeeper Peck, Ty Glaser as brash tart Emily, Richard Raynes as pesky agent Charles, and Bernard Key as helpful local priest Reverend Swan. An okay time-killer.