Ever since the death of her mother (Julie T. Wallace), Laura (Jasmyn
Banks) hasn't felt all that easy in mum's mansion she has inherited. And
it's not just the grief regarding mother's death, fact is that she
suffered from some sort of schizophrenia the last years of her life that
effectively made her an evil person. Laura's state of mind has taken a
turn for the worse of late, so much so that her husband Jake (Judson
Vaughan) starts to worry - but it's her friend Petra (Petra Bryant) who
suggests to consult a spiritualist (Caroline Burns Cooke). Everybody
doubts same spiritualist of course, especially Jake - but she soon turns
out to be the real deal ... and turns everything Laura believed to know
about her mother and father (Ian Reddington) on its head - to rather
lethal results ... Ok, so the beginning of this movie is a bit
confusing as it presents scenes (in the same take) that happen years apart
and might only be associations rather than the hard truth - but it's the
good kind of confusing that keeps one guessing. But then the movie seems
to take a turn where everything's pretty much colour-by-numbers, well-made
(especially the many long takes), well-acted but predictable - only to
then turn everything around and defy audience expectations by not giving
us a cookie-cutter narrative but a highly original (and suitably tense)
finale instead. So in other words, I really liked the film, exactly
because it was not was it made itself appear to be. Definitely
recommended!
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