The Maynard family move into their dream house, only to find out something is already living there.
Len, Jenny and their daughter Sally struggle to keep their already-fragile family together as they are attacked by the poltergeist.
It becomes apparent that Sally is the poltergeist's main focus of attention, and the house slowly becomes a living nightmare.
Its true story time again, and here we have a 'real life' relative of the family not only writing the film, but also directing the tale. Now, whilst he doesn't pull any punches with the families struggles, it hardly touches on the financial crisis that befell many at the time.
But then the film is about a poltergeist haunting a family. Imagine The Entity with several helping of stodgy hot-pot, and you get the gist of this film.
But my gosh, its a mundane plodding affair, about as depressing as Sunday evening when you realise that the weekend is over.
The cast are OK, Ashfield is okay as the troubled mother, but Waddington is fabulous as the anxious father. He knows his family are on the breadline, and now he has even more spirits to add to the ones he has at his local. But he is the only highlight of this otherwise poor film.
Which is a shame, because the story is so interesting, but the result I'm afraid comes across more like a Heartbeat Halloween special, than a feature film.
Len, Jenny and their daughter Sally struggle to keep their already-fragile family together as they are attacked by the poltergeist.
It becomes apparent that Sally is the poltergeist's main focus of attention, and the house slowly becomes a living nightmare.
Its true story time again, and here we have a 'real life' relative of the family not only writing the film, but also directing the tale. Now, whilst he doesn't pull any punches with the families struggles, it hardly touches on the financial crisis that befell many at the time.
But then the film is about a poltergeist haunting a family. Imagine The Entity with several helping of stodgy hot-pot, and you get the gist of this film.
But my gosh, its a mundane plodding affair, about as depressing as Sunday evening when you realise that the weekend is over.
The cast are OK, Ashfield is okay as the troubled mother, but Waddington is fabulous as the anxious father. He knows his family are on the breadline, and now he has even more spirits to add to the ones he has at his local. But he is the only highlight of this otherwise poor film.
Which is a shame, because the story is so interesting, but the result I'm afraid comes across more like a Heartbeat Halloween special, than a feature film.