When Anna (Emily Browning) returns home from a ten-month stint at a psychiatric facility she is welcomed by some drastic changes in her household. Anna was recovering from the tragedy of her mother’s death; but it seems her father had moved on a lot faster than she. Rachel (Elizabeth Banks), her mother’s former nurse, has now become her father’s new girlfriend and Anna is flabbergasted. When dreams of her dead mother consume her, and the ghost of three small children continues to haunt her, Anna begins to suspect foul play due to the accusations of her mother’s spirit. She began to accuse Rachel of killing her mother. Anna’s sister Alex (Arielle Kebbel), who already hates Rachel, tries to help Anna uncover this mystery. They assume that Rachel will soon kill them too so she can have their dad to herself; but they were not about to let that happen. The more they tried to warn their dad (David Strathairn), the more he assumed that Anna was not fully recovered and she may need to be sent back to the psychiatric facility. Anna was determined to prove to her dad that Rachel was not who he thinks she is and avenge her mother’s death. Their father returns from his business trip to find Rachel dead in a dumpster and his daughter covered in blood. Then the movie gets interesting.This movie was full of creaky doors, supernatural beings, eerie forest, dead bodies in garbage bags, some real and some imagined. This thriller was a good watch indeed, but may be inappropriately titled.
- Anndrea Rouse