the marsh be yet another scary movie to satisfy the apparently inexhaustible demand for fright film of this genre . it be obviously a low budget film that suffer from a silly script resurrect tired theme of communication with ghost and the intervention of paranormal specialist . successful child book author and illustrator claire holloway ( gabrielle anwar ) be besiege by recurrent nightmare that prompt her therapist to recommend a sabbatical and advice she heed a she move out into the country to a little creepy town call marshville . she rent a old house near the marsh from a woman mercy ( brooke johnson ) and discovers from the local newspaper editor noah ( justin louis ) that the town be riddle with history of hauntings follow the disappearance of a little girl into the marsh and the victim of sexual assault that have never be adequately investigate . claire time in her new home be rack with appearance of the dead little girl and her muddy perpetrator and she finally seek the help of a paranormal expert hunt ( forest whitaker ) who help her solve the etiology of claire nightmare and provide an exit for the ghost . most of the film be dark with poor claire just wander around the creepy house with her open mouth or wide eye frightened look and avoid the fly detritus cause by the angry spirit that haunt her . gabrielle anwar be beautiful to look at but be not really call upon to act . likewise forest whitaker be paralyze by an inept script that even this fine actor can not overcome . the music be the canned and synthesizer variety and the camera work be jerky and get in the way of the story . this be a movie for avid fan of scary flick who can overlook the multiple production and write problem . grady harp .