In my personal opinion, a few things prevented this film from being great. The muddled storytelling, with flashbacks (which I am never a fan of) and characters making ominous, but unrevealing comments. An over ambitious storyline which needed more time to develop and fill in the gaps. And the overall atmosphere of the film felt more like a made for TV movie, or an episode of Scooby Doo, than a horror movie. The acting was okay, but patchy, ranging from wooden to overacting. The actual horror content was fairly minimal, going more for the creepy anticipation rather than jump scares and gore. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but there was just an underlying feeling of, for want of a better word, niceness.
Having said all that, the story was interesting and had much potential, the main characters were acted well and there were some genuinely creepy moments. But overall lacked any impact and was a bit too obvious.
Having said all that, the story was interesting and had much potential, the main characters were acted well and there were some genuinely creepy moments. But overall lacked any impact and was a bit too obvious.