Official Trailer
Rating: 6.9/10 | Genre: Horror | Runtime: 107 min
Starring: Adam Scott, Peter Coonan, David Wilmot, Florence Ordesh, Will O'Connell
Adam Scott shows up in a horror movie to scatter his parents’ ashes at a remote inn, and somehow that’s not even the weirdest part. The inn has a reputation. There’s a witch story. There’s a honeymoon suite where people have gone missing. And Scott’s character Ohm keeps having these visions that get progressively more unsettling. It’s a solid premise for a creepy 107 minutes.
The first half actually works pretty well. Scott plays this grieving, slightly unraveling guy pretty convincingly. He’s trying to deal with his parents’ deaths while this place starts getting into his head. The inn itself feels genuinely uncomfortable. It’s got that isolated, old-building energy that puts you on edge. The cinematography leans into shadows and close quarters. You feel trapped with him.
Peter Coonan is good as an innkeeper who knows more than he’s saying. There’s this creepy politeness to him that’s way more effective than if they’d just made him overtly threatening. David Wilmot pops up as a guest and adds some weird tension to scenes. Florence Ordesh is in here too but honestly her character doesn’t get much to do. That’s one of the problems actually. The supporting cast feels underutilized.
Here’s where things fall apart though. Around the 65-minute mark, the pacing just gets choppy. The movie keeps introducing new plot threads and then dropping them. There’s a disappearance that’s supposed to be shocking but it happens so fast you’re not sure what you missed. Then the visions start bleeding into reality and you’re supposed to be confused about what’s real, except it just feels messy instead of intentional.
The twist involving Ohm’s past shows up pretty late and it’s… fine? Not bad. Just kind of expected. The movie wants you to think about grief and how it warps perception, which is a decent angle. But it doesn’t quite stick the landing because the supernatural stuff and the psychological stuff don’t blend smoothly. You’re watching two different movies stuck together.
The sound design is genuinely creepy though. There are moments where the audio alone made me uncomfortable, before anything scary even happened onscreen. That part they nailed. The score works when it’s sparse and quiet more than when it’s trying to jolt you.
This isn’t a bad movie. It’s got atmosphere and decent performances and a runtime that doesn’t waste your time. It’s just stuck somewhere between being a solid haunted house film and a psychological drama about grief, and it never quite commits to either lane. A 6.9 rating seems about right honestly. It’s watchable. It has moments that work. But it’s not the kind of horror movie you’ll be thinking about two weeks later.
If you’re into slow-burn horror that doesn’t always land perfectly, this one’s worth checking out. Have you seen it yet, or are you on the fence about giving it a shot?
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