Rebecca (Emily O'Brien) and Todd (Adrian Gaeta) have just into their new home - and it's actually a dream house, well, apart from maybe the neighbours Harold (Zack Ward) and Francine (Sarah Ann Schultz), who might be a bit too friendly, and over a bit too often ... but hey, they're pretty harmless and totally forthcoming. Thing is, Rebecca seems a little nervous of late and seems to see things ... but then she finds out she's pregnant, so it might all just be down to that.

Then though, when renovating, Rebecca and Todd find a teddy bear between the walls, and inside the teddy bear a diary of a little girl, which Rebecca starts to read out of curiosity - and first it's really sweet, the story of little Katherine (Anna Harr) playing with her friends Delia (Isabella Prince) and Robert (Maddux Berry), and only eventually the story takes a darker tune, with Katherine telling about kids gone missing in her neighbourhood, how it was eventually found out that Delia and Robert's dad was behind it all ... but once he's arrested, the disappearances don't stop, and eventually Katherine suspecte Delia and Robert behind it all ... when the diary apruptly ends. Thing is, events from the diary are somehow mirrored in real life, with Todd being burnt on his arm by a spirit that might have been Katherine - so eventually he and Rebecca figure they have to find out what has actually happened to the little girl ... which they succeed to only after lengthy investigations. But once they have found her decayed body and inform the proper authorities, things only get worse, much worse ...

A very chilling little ghost story that suitably and welcomely takes its time to build up its plot only to make the pay-off all the more creepy, that sets its effects wisely but overall relies more on atmosphere and spectacle, and that's cleverly enough directed to suck its audience in without giving away too much at a time. And add to that a great ensemble cast and you've got yourself a pretty great spooky thriller. Totally worth a look!!!

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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