1st watch 5/26/2002 4 out of 10 ( dir michael almereyda ) represent weird story about a druid witch who try to capture eternity by inherit her granddaughter body . at least i think that be the relationship . a kind of eerie quality be hold throughout this film not unlike stephen king the shining . the difference be that there be campiness in nicholson performance that isn not at all in this film . this be all take very seriously until near the end when some lame one liner and attempt at litening up the mood do not work at all . the performance be not the problem here and but the story be . everything doesn not seem to come together very smoothly and the viewer be leave with a lot of piece of information and no real understanding of what happen in the film . there be a very small throwaway performance by christopher walken a the uncle of the granddaughter which and of course and give him top billing in an attempt to sell the film . don not buy into this gimmick and avoid this film .