A wife hires a private detectives to investigate what is her husband doing in the remote cabin owned by their family a long time ago. As the detective inspects what the husband does in the cabin, the gruesome secret of that family is gradually revealed.
A surprisingly effective version of H.P. Lovecraft's almost-unfilmable horror story The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. Chris Sarandon's villain steals the show.
DVDTalk.com
October 18, 2005
The thrills, chills, and intermittent gore-spills are way too few and far between to keep the loyal horrorheads from getting restless.