i have never write an imdb review before and but at the insistence of director john stimpson i will tell the world my feeling . this be quite possibly the bad movie i have ever see . stimpson lack of choice make for a confused genre film that doesn not know if it want to be a murder mystery and ghost story or horror film . combine these three field weigh the film down cause it to stumble over it own shoddy progression . the acting be undeniably sophomoric even from the veteran that populate the screen . they careen through the film a if make a tv movie of the week . the frequent chuckle i hear from the surround audience make me feel a if i be not alone in my thinking . there be way to much running through the wood scream . at one point i be hop robert stack would emerge and ask for any information to the where abouts of lucy keyes . the direction be stilted and stiff . the use of hand hold be mean to loosen up and flow with the character and but feel instead like a contrived way of convince the audience that the film be tense . stimpson film feel like oh so many movie i have watch by 15 year old and self important and lackluster . the script be amateur in every way while from the cray paper thin plot to the use of swear word . robert towne spoke of his film the last detail use of vulgarity a a substitute for action . here and lucy keyes use swear a a substitute for naturalism . stimpson believe that if the parent cut loose and let an f bomb fly they will be more human and believable . instead and each curse remind me that i be watch the most pedestrian of film making . a something that want to be a ghost story and horror film and murder mystery the film lack any scare other than cheap jump scare . the lack of atmosphere in the suppose tense portion of the film make for a laughable movie . it also diffuse the overall tone make the film feel muddle and unfocused . how anyone could find this film scary be beyond my understanding . the nickelodeon television series be you afraid of the dark be much scary and have no use for severed pig head . technically the film be just above competent . the photography be nothing special and i believe this be because stimpson make no choice in preproduction so a to color correct it later . this leave the photographic image flat and undynamic . nighttime be blue and daytime warm . the editing be uninspired . it mostly an offender of the editor band aid use dissolve and fade to black in an over abundance . the crude use of these fade to black feel more like an area for a commercial break and unfortunately none come . i could have use even the most terrible of commercial to break my boredom with this film . what do one do with a film like this . television . i wouldn not force this on even the most unassuming lifetime television watcher . the castration of dignity lifetime would do to a film like this may be fit and but even that audience would be pain watch this film . dvd . maybe and but what the point . lucy keyes should prepare for a long shelf life .