Mary (Roni Jonah) has never really come over the death of her brother Hank (Steve McGill), especially since he has pretty much given his life saving her in a car accident. Nobody blames her, especially not her parents (Helene Udy, Josephz Casterline), but she's just plagued by constant nightmares that just haven't gone away for two years now and more and more eat into her day-to-day life. She's having therapy with Dr. Heart (Jessa Flux), but even that doesn't make a dent. So her best friend Milo (Adam Freeman) and roommate comes up with an unorthodox solution, a spiritboard. Mary's sceptical at first, but then again, by now she has tried everything else, so why not give this a try? During their spirit board session, Mary and Milo manage to summon a spirit, Aisling (Conor McCarthy), and tell them about Mary's problems, but it seems Aisling has some ideas of his own and the session ends rather abruptly. Only, Aisling starts to appear in Mary's dreams. And then one day, Hank just reappears at Mary's parents' house, seemingly very much alive. Only, there's something dark and demonic about him, something only Mary can see - and something that drags her into the darkness, too ...

Now there are no two ways about it, this film was done on a low budget, and at times it shows. Where it doesn't show though is in its screenplay that starts out as a drama about loss and grieving but eventually turns towards horror without betraying its general theme or just going stupid. Instead it's a well-written and well-structured narrative that's brought to life by a stylish directorial effort relying on an odd but oddly fitting colour scheme, and a very relatable cast bringing to life well fleshed out characters. And the whole thing results in a very enjoyable piece of genre cinema.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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