Child psychologist Mary is trying to put her life back together after losing her husband in a car accident. Her teenage son was in the same car and he's in a coma.
Mary, who works from home, is given a patient, Tom, a boy grieving after his mother's death. When she's told Tom is being taken away, she doesn't agree that the move is the best thing for him. He escapes from custody during a storm and is presumed dead by authorities.
Mary starts hearing his voice in her house and catches glimpses of him. But then more mysterious things happen as she's trapped in her isolated home during the storm.......
What could have been a totally perfunctory little supernatural thriller starring a once prolific actress, turns into nothing more than a bland thriller that thinks it's something better than what it is.
Watts sleepwalks through her performance as the troubled Mary,,and it's not surprising, because this film is so dark at times, it's really difficult to see what is going on. But it's all for the sinister effect of the overall product, isn't it?
Platt pops up every now and again as Mr. Skype advice, but then turns all Scatman Crothers in The Shinjng come the third act, and you can probably guess what happens.
But it's this huge, ridiculous twist at the end that makes the film so laughably bad, and it almost harks at an incestuous relationship.
Instead of shocking the viewer, it almost turned my stomach, making me dislike this wretched film a little but more.
If the thought of a once great actress walking around a dark house for ninety minutes with a look of disdain on her face throughout, then this may be your cup of tea.
Watts must have needed some money quick, because heaven knows why she agreed to be in this ridiculous piece of work.
Mary, who works from home, is given a patient, Tom, a boy grieving after his mother's death. When she's told Tom is being taken away, she doesn't agree that the move is the best thing for him. He escapes from custody during a storm and is presumed dead by authorities.
Mary starts hearing his voice in her house and catches glimpses of him. But then more mysterious things happen as she's trapped in her isolated home during the storm.......
What could have been a totally perfunctory little supernatural thriller starring a once prolific actress, turns into nothing more than a bland thriller that thinks it's something better than what it is.
Watts sleepwalks through her performance as the troubled Mary,,and it's not surprising, because this film is so dark at times, it's really difficult to see what is going on. But it's all for the sinister effect of the overall product, isn't it?
Platt pops up every now and again as Mr. Skype advice, but then turns all Scatman Crothers in The Shinjng come the third act, and you can probably guess what happens.
But it's this huge, ridiculous twist at the end that makes the film so laughably bad, and it almost harks at an incestuous relationship.
Instead of shocking the viewer, it almost turned my stomach, making me dislike this wretched film a little but more.
If the thought of a once great actress walking around a dark house for ninety minutes with a look of disdain on her face throughout, then this may be your cup of tea.
Watts must have needed some money quick, because heaven knows why she agreed to be in this ridiculous piece of work.