Upon working as a baby sitter, a young smart girl, who after accepting the job of a babysitter at the mysterious house, in which the Anderson Family vanished in a mysterious way, struggles against survival, as she finds out that the house is haunted.
"The Unspoken" has so much plot that it really shouldn't need to rely as much as it does on big, loud sounds. After a while, the assaultive music becomes a tip-off that the movie's not working.
Some of the frights work reasonably well; and Ms. Ferland is convincing. But there aren't enough surprises or innovations to make this one stand out in the sea of horror fare that comes along this time of year.
The phrase "low-budget horror" once held out the promise of seedy grisly sensation that big-budget horror wouldn't give you. But in the case of a movie like "The Unspoken," it just means: standard glossy horror tropes executed with scary ineptitude.
Wilson overexplains his concept in dialogue and won't let the pictures speak for themselves, even though he's got at least two stellar, horrifying set pieces here ...
Atmosphere is paramount as it should be, but sadly it's created almost solely from jump scares the prologue quickly numbs us towards as soon as things get going.
