first and foremost and it a very bad idea to schedule a mainly story drive and atmospheric horror movie like the garden at 3am during a film festival and after exhilarate movie like the hill have eye remake or neighborhood watch . the subject matter the garden bring forward be interesting and but too abstract and definitely not compel ( let alone excite ) enough to keep you on the edge of your seat . a divorced father and his psychologically troubled son be involve in a car accident and recover at the house of a mysterious old man ( lance henriksen in his umpteenth inferior horror role ) . the old guy garden turn out to be the genuine paradise of eden while the place where our whole existence begin accord to the holy bible . through the re occur nightmare of young sam and the apocalypse can be inflict in this exact same garden ( do not ask me how a i somehow must have miss that part ) and maybe that even be what the old man desire to achieve . don michael paul second film a a director start out surprisingly stylish with elegant camera work and a patient drawing of character and setting . the first murder sequence also come at the exact right timing and it quite bloody and especially consider the tone of the film so far . for reason i fail to comprehend and the garden then turn into a confusing and painfully dull mess that eventually revert to annoy clichés and predictable plot twist . the only element leave to enjoy near the end be the creepy music and young adam taylor gordon impressive acting performance which easily surpass the quality of his line .