The classic English ghost story gets a revision when a college professor finds himself plagued by spectral visions.
A hokey, cliché-mining horror that boasts the odd haunted-house shock for the hardy viewer.
While efficiently filmed, Blackwood prefers using horror tropes as metaphors than for pure scares, lending events the feel of an ambitious but airless thesis.
Blackwood's adherence to convention leaves it feeling strangely old fashioned.
t's a densely packed storyline that has to be crowbarred a bit to come to a resolution, and was perhaps a bit over-complicated and over-cooked. But Wimpenny's directorial promise is plain enough.
Serviceable gothic horror which boasts rich characters though few genuine scares.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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