Secrets in the Walls (2010 TV Movie) User Reviews

Really good for A TV movie

[atinder · 6/10 · 17 August 2012]

Single mother (Who as just been divorced) looking after 2 of Daughters Lizzy teens and the Molly who's little younger has got sixth sense about thing.

As this was TV movie, i did not expect much of it, I did enjoy this movie, the movie I saw Early which was Fertile Ground (2011) .

This movie Start when single mum goes on her new Job and on the way back she looked at a house, there family decided to movie in and it dose not take for Molly to feel something really bad in the house.

There were some decent spooky scene in this movie, it had some really good tense moment in the basement scene, which I found creepy at time for TV movie.

The acting was really good from most of the cast, this movie seem have the same feel as stir of echoes. This could have easily have been pasted at 3 but they also added little bit The Haunting in Connecticut (With teen girl moving in basement room)

Even it borrow some stuff from other movie, it decent chiller for TV movie.

6 out of 10.

Pretty Boring Made-For-TV "Horror"

[dfa120374 · 4/10 · 19 January 2015]

Newly divorced Rachel and her two daughters, Lizzie & Molly, move out of their cramped apartment to a spacious new house which is also much closer to Rachel's new work. Everything seems to go fine until Molly starts to see visions of a young girl, and when she tries to explain it to her mother, it gets dismissed as stress of the move and adjusting to a new house. When the strange goings on continue, Rachel decides to do some investigating and not before long she discovers that the house is harbouring a dark secret.

This is a made-for-TV movie and you can tell that as soon as you start watching it. Made-for-TV horror movies generally just do not work and this is a classic example of that as it is pretty dull, there's no real atmosphere, it is not at all scary or creepy, it's very clichéd & predictable, and the acting, while not that bad, is just very wooden.

In fact, it's very much like a "scary movie" for the young teens than anything else. Young teen girls at that, so anyone above the age of 13 and is of the male gender will find this movie to be pretty much a yawn-a-thon.

I wouldn't waste your time with this to be honest as there is much, much better movies out there.

Slowly paced mother/daughters relationship against background of muted horror...

[Doylenf · 5/10 · 25 October 2010]

A family moves into a haunted house. That much is certain from the very start when JERI RYAN foolishly purchases a house with strange noises coming from the basement. Ryan doesn't seem to have time to think clearly throughout the film. She's forever tossing back her unruly locks of hair and giving such an animated performance (with facial gestures on the move) that it's sometimes hard to just sit and follow the plot.

Clearly, the writers were intent on disguising the horror elements of the story in favor of setting up a mother/daughters relationship as the focal point. Horror is a subtext to all the talky moments between the mother and daughters which, at times, borders on too much sentimentality--as though the film itself has been targeted toward female viewers. The most natural performance in the film is given by the youngest daughter, PEYTON LIST.

As the oldest daughter, Lizzie, KAY PENNABAKER does a good job of portraying the older sister who eventually is inhabited by an evil spirit. But why she never tells her mother about the music box that plays by itself in her closet or the droplet of blood that comes from the ceiling when she peers at an old photo, is beyond me. We're told over and over again (as if the point needs to be made) that children seldom tell their mothers everything. And even after she experiences these weird happenings, she mocks her little sister for seeing things that aren't there. Her motives are never clear.

Anyway, the story is generally well acted, the photography is fine, the music is suitably quaint before the thundering chords are used for shock effect, and it does have some effective chills. But the story is padded out to fit the two-hour time and there are scenes that drag interminably before we get back to the heart of the hauntings.

Summing up: Easy to see why this is a made-for-TV movie.

What you'd expect from a low-budget, made-for-TV scary movie on "Lifetime"

[MarkSweepstakes · 5/10 · 3 May 2011]

(There are spoilers throughout this review) Well I caught this made-for-TV movie on Lifetime last night. I was flipping channels and happened to catch it right at the beginning, and once I saw Jeri Ryan was the star I decided to watch it just for a while -- but wound up watching the whole thing -- so I suppose that's some kind of positive note. The first 20 minutes are a tad slow and you're not exactly sure what's happening, that is until a scary gnarly hand appears behind an ornate air vent, like whatever it is wants to get out. Yikes! Ah ha! So THAT was the "secret" behind the wall...." and it lured me in. :-) Anyway, it continues from there as your usual haunting / ghost story / scary old house story: Lots of mysterious eerie things happen, ghostly beings are seen in the windows, one person realizes something's wrong but no one believes her until it's too late, the new owners do research at the library of the house's strange history, then the inevitable 'possession' occurs, then a medium tries to 'rid' the house of the spirit, then the final big showdown between ghost and humans, yada yada yada. The same story we've seen dozens of times, only this one is a low-budget made-for-TV movie, so everything seems to be scaled-down a tad and stretched out to make a reasonable running time.

The good: Jeri Ryan and the girls, especially Molly, are good and believable actresses. The interior of the house and the basement are scary so there's good set design and cinematography (especially that foggy old neighborhood). And when Jeri's brother finally discovers "the secret behind the walls", it's actually pretty scary.

The bad: First of all, there is no way -- no matter how deeply discounted a house is -- that a single mom, having been employed for just 1 day with what looks like an hourly job, and after being out of the workplace for 5 years, will qualify to buy a house of that size in that neighborhood. And after all the scary lead-up incidents, it does go kind of downhill once 'the possession' starts, and by that I mean it's not as scary and loses a little credibility. When Lizzie has her accident on the stairs and Jeri Ryan does CPR for some reason, my first concern was that Lizzie risked being paralyzed, not just knocked out. There's also a scene where Jeri finally hears the music box and it wakes her up -- but WHO was that person in the bed next to her???? And toward the end, Jeri confronts and gets mad at the real estate lady (twice), as though she were a villain and the cause of all Jeri's problems. I realize real estate people will do and say ANYTHING to sell a house and I'm sure that's what the writers intended, but I didn't think she did anything wrong - like she said, she was simply hired by the out-of-state new owners to sell the house and she didn't know it was haunted.

5 out of 10.

Decent Ghost Story

[tonyjea92 · 30 October 2011]

I really have no idea what got me into watching lifetime movies when I'm a 19 year old boy who should enjoy partying and going out but after watching this movie i sort of liked it.The basic plot is really nothing i haven't seen before, the only thing different i really found intriguing was that the girl (Greta) was boarded up inside the house ALIVE. Now that i rarely see in a ghost movie which is i guess the reason why i watched this movie. The 3 woman of the story especially Jeri Ryan,and Kay Panabaker play their roles wonderfully and i could watch this movie again knowing full well i'd be scared again. Secrets in the Walls is nothing new to me and yet i still felt like i watched an accomplished film.

Low Budget movie with NOTHING new

[edukrull · 1/10 · 29 April 2012]

I don't think you need a lot of money to make a good movie. This one is not scary at all (except for a person who has never watched a movie before) The story is the very old one that something in the past happened in the house and the ghost of the person who was murdered there is trapped. Personally i prefer ghosts movies without special effects,its more believable when its a real person and make up. But this one doesn't make a single effort to make anything different than doors that closes by themselves, music box that starts to play and girl with makeup that looks at you when you are not paying attention. There are some funny scenes not to say awkward, like when her daughter falls from the stairs and she try some(terrible) CPR. Well its a B (or c or d or e) Movie, and everyone tries to show that it is it

Generic ghost fodder

[Leofwine_draca · 3/10 · 11 January 2013]

SECRETS IN THE WALLS is yet more of the same old stuff: a struggling single mother moves into a cheap property with her two teenage daughters and soon finds that they're not alone in the creepy old building. Cue CGI-assisted spirits, a heavy debt of inspiration to the likes of THE RING, DARK WATER and classic ghost stories of old, and a general lack of originality.

Jeri Ryan, once a STAR TREK babe, appears tired and haggard in this made for TV outing that provides absolutely nothing new for genre fans. The scare scenes are well choreographed in advance and anything but frightening, and the bits inbetween the spooks are dull and talky.

The production as a whole suffers from that TV-movie style atmosphere in which everything is played safe and no chances are taken with style or plot twists. You'll guess the outcome from the very beginning and the journey to the end makes for one dull ride.

I've Seen a Lot Worse

[el7 · 7/10 · 14 November 2010]

Secrets in the Walls is about a single mother who, after landing a great job in an area of town far from her apartment, fatefully stumbles across the perfect house after getting lost while trying to find her bus home. After moving her two daughters into the old house, strange events begin to take place as something seems to be stalking the older daughter, but only the younger daughter can sense how dangerous it really is.

The elements that make up this story are derivative, but they're derivative done reasonably well, and the actors all seem to be having fun with it, which adds a lot to a B movie's watchability factor. Also, some spooky stuff really does go down, especially in the film's first half. The second half is bogged down by the fact that the villain is trying to hide in plain sight and it kind of cramps her spooky style, but by that point she has fully earned a comeuppance and the desire to see it come to pass is just enough to hold the viewer's attention.

As to the derivative elements, there's a good deal of Haunting in Connecticut DNA here, as well as a splash of Amityville Horror, but the movie's biggest twist is lifted directly from The Ring. This movie isn't as good as any of those three, but it beats a lot of ghost stories I've seen on TV lately, and for a late night spent home alone, it's good enough to turn down the lights with a bowl of Parmesan popcorn and get creeped out.

Typical "Waste My Lifetime" Movie

[VBarkley · 2/10 · 5 April 2014]

Don't waste 2 hours of your life you'll never see again, unless you really like Jeri Ryan, who can act her way out of a haunted house. Actually, all of the acting is pretty decent. A mother (Jeri Ryan) and her two daughters move into a historic home, and experience some strange happenings. After researching the house's history at the local library, the mom discovers a young bride who lived there in the 1950's disappeared. After discovering the woman's remains behind a wooden panel, police say they'll investigate. They believe the woman's spirit is now at peace, but their nightmare has just begun.

Now, if you're expecting them to solve the ghost's cold case, you'll be disappointed. There's really no 'why' as to most of the things that happened in this movie. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

I hear her cry, all day all night

[hitchcockthelegend · 7/10 · 3 October 2014]

SPOILER: Divorced mum and her two young daughters move into a big old house that's price is too good to be true. Soon strange things start to happen, and just what is that false wall doing there?

Secrets in the Walls doesn't offer up anything new to the haunted house formula, and the premise bears a striking similarity to a Richard Matheson story, but it is effective at what it does. Standard haunted house rules apply, with creaks, a music box, a creepy grate, spooky drawings and boo-jump shocks via reflections and peek-a-boo dark corners. It's competently performed by Jeri Ryan, Marianne Jean-Baptise, Kay Panabaker and Peyton Roi List, Christopher Leitch's direction is up to scratch for the spook and shiver narrative, and the music and photography tech credits are not intrusive and therefore well utilised for sustained suspense.

It's a safe recommendation to fans of the haunted house splinter of horror, and coming out of the Lifetime Movie Network it's impressive to find it's better than a lot of bigger budgeted Hollywood genre pictures that have trundled out in recent years. 7/10

Nothing special but nothing bad

[varghesejunior · 5/10 · 12 December 2012]

A simple horror film - nothing special during any part of it really. If it had released in theaters it probably would not've run.

Story: A family of 3 move into an ancient house when it is offered very cheap, only to find something strange going on inside it.

Storyline, Acting, camera work, thrills or horror - all are OK and nothing is too remarkable. I could not find any fault in anything with regards to the way it is made.

There is no vulgarity and it is not an adult horror film. Suited for family watch.

But it has nothing unique to offer really...same old concept as mentioned above. It's just a budget film.

Above-average Lifetime haunted house effort

[kannibalcorpsegrinder · 8/10 · 19 November 2015]

Taking a new job in the city, a newly divorced woman and her two teenage daughters move into a grand house and come to discover someone else is living there that has dangerous plans for the family and must save them before it go through.

As this was a typical Lifetime style haunted house film, there's some really enjoyable moments here. What really works here is the fact that this one really makes the ghostly action here that really has an impressive air here. The start here, with the ghost hands appearing from the broken wall after initially finding that secret room, is a good start and as it gets deeper here these get even better with the flicking lights and ballerina box playing constantly whenever someone enters the room start this off quite nicely. Along with the rather creepy way the ghost keeps appearing in short visual cuts of the daughter seeing her around the house and up in the attic, there's a really solid air here that makes the suspected situations come off quite well and giving this something to work with when it gets to the more pronounced ghostly actions. The big encounter here is the scene of her being trapped in the closet and prying it open which rips open her hands as she's released, as well as the later gag of the jewelry box as she walks into the room to watch her sleep, and along with the actual possession scene here where the ghost appears and presents the necklace that leads to the possession which takes place in full-view of the terrified victim for a rather nice amount of fun here. This one also manages to get some nice work her in the final half of the possessed girl around the house giving this a rather fine atmosphere here, which is all enough there to make up for the minor flaws within this. The biggest element against this one is that it all too readily betrays its origins, being filled with all the usual prerequisites for this type of film as there's long stretches of time without any horror angles and too many useless elements merely meant for women to be hooked into watching that have no bearing on the plot as a whole. That usually means that most of the scares here build- up to a drama about her skills as a mother rather than horror angles, and they do cause this some problems because of that. The other main problem here is the rushed finale, as the brawl comes off rather clunky and off-putting by being so stagy, and the events here make it seem even weaker as there's another big problem with the scene away from the ideas behind the scene. While there's some good parts that make for some decent times here and there, these few flaws do hold it back.

Rated Unrated/PG-13: Violence and Language.

Full of clichés, but still entertaining

[Catharina_Sweden · 7/10 · 25 January 2013]

This haunted house movie contains "all" the clichés of the genre. The spirit trapped in the house where its bodily remains are still hidden. The ghost in the bathroom mirror. The research into the house's past at the public library. The jewelry box starting to play its tune by itself. The spiritualist lady. And so on.

Still, the movie is not over when one believed it would be over - with the finding of the skeleton. Instead, there is a new, sinister development - although this was also, for a horror movie buff like me, quite predictable. As for the ghost, it was a little tame. It ought to have been more scary-looking.

Still, the movie was quite entertaining, and sometimes even exciting and a little scary! I also liked how they portrayed the single mum-two kids relation, and the mother's feelings about her little girls growing up. I could relate a lot to that!

Bland

[view_and_review · 2/10 · 31 December 2015]

I deserve some type of award or congratulations for watching the entirety of this putrid film dubbed a scary movie. If this was a scary movie it was definitely a scary movie for kids because it didn't even nudge the spook-o-meter.

What is clear is that, although I watched this on Netflix, this was a made-for-T.V. flick complete with television cinematography, a weak script and fades to black at teaser moments. This sanitized movie with squeaky clean language, bland characters and even blander dialog was like a Disney Channel Halloween special. "Secrets in the Walls" could've been rated G.

This production offered nothing by way of originality, drama, intensity or simple interest. Even the music defied what the movie was trying to achieve... Or what was this movie trying to achieve?

I don't ask much from a Lifetime movie but...

[jonnygouda · 3/10 · 5 April 2014]

Let me summarize the first part of the movie quickly:

Single woman with two kids moves into dilapidated, old mansion she gets cheap because the owner is out of town, inherited it and just wants to sell it quickly.

A slightly clairvoyant youngest daughter who can sense and see things that no one else can who everyone thinks is just frightened of a new place.

Happy –go-lucky scenes to begin with complete with a renovation scene with happy family rock and dancing ala "Cheaper by the Dozen" (the new one with Steve Martin).

A scene of a mysterious hole in the wall that shows a creepy hand after the family stops looking into it.

A creepy music box that plays without being wound. Images of creepy, dead people suddenly appearing in the mirror or behind a doorway that the victim doesn't originally see. …except for the slightly clairvoyant youngest daughter who gets terrorized nd still not believed.

Unexplained bloody nose. Creaking doors and flickering lights.

Sudden scaring of the older daughter and doors that suddenly jam with scary music being played and the older daughter that now BELIEEEEEVES! But is of course written off as simply being stressed out.

The slightly clairvoyant little girl who realizes the scary dead girl ghost "wants us to know something…"

You can probably guess the ending from there. No need to explain the rest. Kind of sad to see Jerri Ryan – 7 of 9, the 'Borg from Star Trek – reduced to this. I love a classic ghost story, but this is so textbook, cookie cutter it would be difficult to scare a 10 year old with it. Quite frankly, I've seen episodes of "A Haunting" which dramatizes slightly famous real-life haunting s that have made popular culture. Even "Ghost Hunters" is more entertaining.

Jerri Ryan seems to have aged more than the 10 years in between Star Trek: Voyager and this movie. :'( And as was said earlier, this does have all the feeling of a great afternoon show for the lady viewers of the Lifetime Network LOL.

But, if you decide you really want to watch this, I'd record it (unless you can find it on Hulu or Netflix) because the 2-hour TV movie is only about 80 minutes after you subtract 40 minutes of commercials using fast-forward. -sigh...-

Supernatural Light, aimed at pre-teens

[loomis78-815-989034 · 4/10 · 23 February 2014]

Recently divorced single mom Rachel (Ryan) moves into an under-priced dream house with her two daughters. Her oldest daughter Lizzie (Panabaker) takes the basement room that has a curious wall that they tear down. A ghost that died in the house years ago and is stuck there eventually uses Lizzie as a vessel and swaps souls with her to try and escape the house. The other daughter Molly (List) is part psychic and finally with the help of a spiritual friend convinces her mom on what is going on. This made for lifetime movie starts off promising enough with a touch of atmosphere and a spooky feel. The weight of its TV roots takes hold and everything becomes quite bland. For starters the ghost itself and how Director Christopher Leitch decides to show it to us is very lame and brings no tension to these moments at all. The possession angle is also lifeless and the script lets mother Rachel seem useless until the end in helping her daughter. Pre-teens or fans of horror light may enjoy this due to good production values; those looking for supernatural terror need not apply.

This movie has everything

[iamrms28 · 7 July 2019]

I do not know what movie some of these people were watching because I love this movie. This movie had the jump factor and the thriller factor everything that makes a scary movie. I have waiting for lifetime to put this movie back on but have not had any luck. I hope they play it soon, this is the kind of movie I would watch over and over again. The cast did a great job as well as the writer and director. I give it 5 stars all the way.

Cliché ghost story but kind of fun

[SusieSalmonLikeTheFish · 5/10 · 28 August 2014]

Molly and Lizzie live with their mom in a crowded apartment building. Mom buys a huge and very old house away from the city life they're used to from a sleazy real-estate agent who doesn't tell them about the missing woman who lived there decades ago.

Lizzie is happy to have her own room, a large room in the basement. Her family helps her knock down the useless wall so that her room will be bigger, and in doing so they release a force that terrorizes the family and eventually possesses Lizzie with the spirit of a German woman who was sealed alive in the walls.

Secrets in the Walls is your basic cliché ghost story. Lizzie is a shallow, boring character with no personality, and as usual they pull the emo routine with her by making the ghost attack her and making it appear as though Lizzie hurt herself. Molly is a typical blonde, whiny-voiced, bratty little girl who, as in most ghost story films like Poltergeist and the Messengers, can perceive bad events and sense the ghost. The trailer-trash mom is pretty boring but her co-worker, the medium, was a very interesting character. The soundtrack was bad, especially the song that played when the family was knocking the wall down, it was an unnecessary pop song that really added the element of annoying to the movie. The ghost was typical, its past boring and a copy of other movies. The ending was pretty cheesy and the acting was terrible, but the scenery was pretty good so it deserves a few stars just for the nice old house. I think it was a beautiful house, not creepy by any stretch of the imagination. This movie is a great example of why Lifetime should just stick to making true crime and drama movies, horror doesn't work with them.

Classic ghost story

[rossini-1868 · 7/10 · 22 December 2023]

What this low budget movie lacks in originality, it more than makes up for in sheer effort, and a refusal to abandon the classic ghost story. Its the kind of script that if Sam Raimi or James Wan had gotten their hands on, there would be a totally different discussion all around about this movie.

The focused, incredibly simple, mother-daughter premise is worthy of Japanese horror, translated through Lifetime's unique way of doing things. Jeri Ryan's luck as an iconic television actress is all over this project, with music, cinematography and other production values that make this a cut above most tv movies. Ryan as the mother to the two very smart, very pretty daughters seriously adds to the inspired simplicity of this story, which wisely chooses to obey every cliché, until their tragic little narrative point is made. Better than a lot of big budget horror nonsense from Hollywood these days.

OMG

[svader · 1/10 · 11 April 2022]

What is Marianne Jean baptiste doing in this stupid movie

Hobby kids. Dumb ex husband. Unorganised scatty mom.

How do you go looking for a.bus and buy a house?

Stupid all round. Probably why it's on Amazy for free.

Generic But Has Its Moments.

[icocleric · 5/10 · 5 January 2022]

It's a story that's been told over and over again to the point Americans really should check their walls more. Some of the stuff is a bit on the nose right there when the creep factor could have been better. It is not badly done, it's just a theme that has been done a lot so it doesn't stand out.

The creepiest scene is when the teenage girl has a "night terror" and scratches up a wall to the point of ripping up her fingernails. As the ghost is after her body. I think more scenes like this could have been scarier, instead of the ghost very obviously on screen taking her body. Even if they were less graphic and more creepy.

Especially when they already established her younger sister has a gift for seeing these things. You loose the creepy factor when things are as obvious as they are in this film.

Familiar and relatively light, but solid and enjoyable

[I_Ailurophile · 8/10 · 22 February 2024]

Television network Lifetime is a gift that keeps on giving. Some of their original TV movies are more middling, sure, but whether romance or thriller, earnest piece or pure B-movie, many range from good to excellent. For better or worse, with rare exception, we know what to expect with almost any one film: predictability, kitsch, directness (e.g., the realtor JUST HAPPENS to be right there from the beginning), heavy-handedness, light and flavorful but unremarkable music that perfectly suits any given scene and mood, and so on. Of course we also need at least one very recognizable star, so in this case we get to see what Jeri Ryan can make of the network's offerings. 'Secrets in the walls' does diverge a little from the Lifetime formula, however, by introducing uncommonly seen elements of the supernatural, and even horror. Rest assured that this still predominantly carries itself as the drama, mystery, and thriller that we associate with Lifetime, but nonetheless this represents a slight variation. It's also one of the network's more sincere efforts, which are always a bigger risk, yet even if it's not a total must-see, I'm glad to say that this is surely one of the better iterations. Just as much to the point, this rather makes great use of its unlikely flavors, and in my opinion the result is much stronger than what one might generally assume.

True, there's nothing here we haven't seen before. The picture is fairly upfront about the goings-on, and even if it weren't, so innumerable has been the studio fare to tell similar tales that the "mystery" is rather nominal. Moreover, while the flick dabbles in a horror space, there's not necessarily anything about it that's abjectly grabbing in the way we anticipate of the genre; this is a horror-drama more than a horror-thriller. No matter how cynical and critical one might tend to be, however, I don't think there's much arguing that 'Secrets in the walls' is all-around solid. The cast give honest, meaningful performances - not anything groundbreaking, by any means, but illustrating welcome range, nuance, and emotional depth. Ryan is a reliable actor and proves it again here; young Kay Panabaker very much holds her own, and Peyton Roi List plays her part well; Ian Kahn and Marianne Jean-Baptiste are swell in their supporting parts. The production design and art direction are superb, as are the costume design, hair, and makeup. Though Jeff Cardoni's score doesn't strike a major chord in and of itself it really is suitable, and ably lends to the atmosphere that is successfully conjured through William Penick and Christopher D. Sey's screenplay, and Christopher Leitch's direction. I'll even go so far as to say that at some points the feature is sufficiently creepy as to send a slight chill down one's spine. If that doesn't make this a success, then what does?

There is more than enough kinship with Lifetime's usual TV movies such that anyone who isn't receptive to the style may have a harder time with this; the construction here is also light enough, softening the horror vibes, that genre purists may not be satisfied. If one is open to all that cinema has to offer, however, then I think there's actually a lot to like in these ninety minutes. It's familiar, but fun, and finely made in every fashion. It's a somewhat gentler variant of supernatural horror that we've gotten before, yet I don't think there are any abject flaws here, and nothing about it inherently discounts the possibility of enjoying it. I, for one, am pleased with how good this is. 'Secrets in the walls' doesn't demand viewership by any means, but if you're a fan of someone involved, otherwise have a specific impetus to watch, or are just looking for something good but comparatively uninvolved, in my book it earns a firm recommendation. Not every picture needs to be a revelation, and this is quite splendid just as it is.

B O R I N G

[tonitrish · 3/10 · 25 January 2022]

Where to start. The acting, not so bad. The story had potential but fell flat on its face. The 16+ age restriction, a complete joke and although I wouldn't let a 6 year old watch it, I seriously doubt that they would be scared. If you are desperate to watch a good film then leave this alone.

OMG!!!Terrible TV movie.

[jhmoondance · 1/10 · 8 January 2022]

Well......this was a very weak n diluted Sunday afternoon drama n in no way was it a suspense horror as advertised on Prime. The story was a run of the mill bland haunted house tale n the plot was deliriously tame.

The acting was corny n cheesy n the characters were just the same n very weak.

The ending was totally predictable n so painfully cheesy.

I only recommend this TV movie if you are sitting down on a Sunday afternoon with 87mins to spare.

PLEASE READ ALL.

[nlk87 · 3/10 · 24 December 2023]

Technically I'd give this movie a 3.5/10 rating. U should be told 1st that my rating system is different than most. I've rated over 1,800 films & more than half of those I rated 4/10. 4/10 means I enjoyed the movie & will re-watch & recommend it. I have never rated anything 9/10 or 10/10. So.. I gave this movie a 3/10 that means it wasn't good & didn't care for it. PLEASE CONTINUE TO READ ON.. This film really isn't any good. It's pretty boring & highly predictable. In the middle of a scene, I thought in my head that the door was about to slam shut, not even half a second later, whaddya know! This film reminds me of the 2014 movie, "Ouija." In a way. & I KNEW that the ghost had a evil ulterior motive!! I knew what her plan was all along! Pretty obvious since she was more focused with the older daughter & they were the same age... Then there's the films title that gives it away. I do enjoy watching "B" films. Finding those hidden gems. & normally this is the "type" of ghost story I enjoy watching. But this film never caught my full attention. The "ghost" for this movie didn't do a good job being creepy. I mean those tv shows of the supernatural, "A Haunting" "Paranormal Witness" "My Haunted House" & "Paranormal Survivor" have better creepy looking characters compared to this film! & this movie felt like an episode from 1 of those shows, but the shows were more interesting! The music was boring too! Not ominous music, but wanna be ominous music.. Then there's the actors. None of them fit together. Just no on screen chemistry between the actress who portrays the mother, the 2 actresses playing her daughters & the actor who plays the moms brother... I gave it a shot cause some reviews said it was a typical ghost film, & I have enjoyed some "B" movie ghost stories, just not this 1... Seriously I'm telling u, ur not gonna care for it. 5 bucks say if u do watch it despite this review, ur gonna think to urself why did I give this movie a chance!