After being hypnotized by his sister in law, blue-collar family man Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and his desperate search puts him into a life-threatening situation.
The skillful shock cuts will make you jump out of your skin, but it's the digital visualisation of the ghostly Samantha which really makes the flesh crawl.
It's nice to see he relied on more than heavy-handed filmmaking and a twist ending. I just hope audiences go for a supernatural thriller that's a little messier and doesn't feel the need to claw at their heart for two hours.
Star Kevin Bacon is at times wildly exciting, while Kathryn Erbe, playing his character's long-suffering wife, delivers an understated but terribly interesting performance.
Combustible Celluloid
May 26, 2006
I did receive a few chills and some kicks from it.
