Havenhurst (2016)
6/10
Bust the Deal, Face the Wheel
16 July 2017
Warning: Spoilers
The film opens with Danielle (Danielle Harris) and her boyfriend doing lines in a half-way house that looks like a Stephen King hotel. Soon she meets someone in an elevator almost as ugly as Steven Tyler and disappears from the script. Her alcoholic friend Jackie (Julie Benz) occupies the same room after rehab. The room appear to be a combination of "1408" and "Hold That Ghost" (both films I recommend). Things are not quite right and Julie becomes curious involving a little girl (Belle Shouse) and a police officer friend (Josh Stamberg).

This was a nice flat in the middle of NYC. Something like this would rent for millions. I know I wouldn't screw up. What happens in the film is that it goes from what appears to be a decent ghost horror thriller and morphs into a dumb slasher. At this point any mystery is immaterial. The script just died. Acting was phoned in. Soft 3 stars.

Guide: F-word, sex, nudity (Jennifer Blanc-Biehn again)
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