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Michael (Logan Lopez) has spent the last 15 years in a psychiatric ward
for having killed and dismembered his babysitter (at the tender age of
12), but now he's out again, and has found refuge with his well-meaning
uncle (Dave Sauriol), who also provides him with a job and wants him to
become a functioning part of society again sooner rather than later. Thing
is, while he doesn't believe Michael has committed the gruesome murder
back then (after all, the boy was only 12), he doesn't really believe
Michael's explanation (it was a 7 foot demon) either. Only a neighbour,
elderly Crane (Brent Northup), who pays Michael crazy amounts of money for
only mowing his lawn, believes him ... but he's a little bit of the hook,
so not even Michael knows what to make of this ... On the other side of
town, Phil's (Scott C. Day) running a ghosthunter club, and has just found
a new enthusiast in his cousin Kim (Crystal Aya) ... when his
second-in-command Susan (Renee Day) pretty much takes over command, lures
Michael into her trap then leads them all to Michael's house where the
babysitter was killed 15 years ago ... and almost drives Michael mad if it
wasn't for Kim, who has taken a liking in Michael. Thing is, while Susan
only staged this whole thing for publicity, she has actually lured the
real killer of the babysitter, demon Sickle (Martin DuPlessis) over here
from another dimension ... and that's hardly ever a good thing ... If
you're at all versed in the horror genre, you'll probably have a field day
finding sources Sickle is borrowing from - from Halloween
to any number of ghost-hunting "documentaries" and movies, and
everything in between ... but that's more of an academic statement, as
while one can't lie the influences away, one doesn't feel them while
watching the movie which very successfully spins its own yarn and gets its
very own story from wherever it's borrowing from. This is thanks to a
multi-layered script that though is not too complex to bore its audience
to death, to a well-paced direction, and a competent cast - all of which
make this rock-solid genre entertainment, actually!
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