4/10
Bad plot, non-scary haunting, feels like someone's trip put to film… But at least it's sexy
16 July 2014
Warning: Spoilers
I felt the story idea had potential, but wasn't well-executed. A group of psychology students meet in an abandoned house to see if telepathy is possible under specific conditions. Lucky (Rumer Willis) brings a bag of cocaine, which some of the students start snorting right away, without considering how it would affect their psychological study results. When they do actually start with the study, the paranormal stuff starts happening with barely any buildup, making it unscary and boring. It freaks them out, so they decide to drink, smoke weed, snort cocaine and make out to ease the tension. After that, they experience creepy visions. A Gothic ghost girl tells the main girl Becket (Taylor Cole) to avenge her (they are apparently sisters), and Becket stabs the ghost girl's real killer to death. The cops arrive after a while, and discover everyone dead, except for Becket. They also finally discover the murder weapon the ghost girl was murdered with, and I suppose that means the ghost accomplished what she came for.

The ghost revenge plot wasn't exciting, but it could have been. Wouldn't it be cool if we were never quite sure if there is a ghost, or they are all just suffering from group delusion caused by drugs, sleep deprivation and expectations created by their experiment? At least to me, people killing each other from paranoia/OD'ing would be more disturbing than a ghost plot. And adding uncertainty only makes it more thrilling. However, what the movie lacked in story, it compensated for by sexy scenes between Rumer Willis and Taylor Cole (and sometimes Ryan Donowho). At least they did that right.
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