after emotionally or psychically be abuse by her mother and cathy would hear tale that the lurker would come and get her if she be naughty . these lurker be ghostly figure that hang around the apartment building and only she saw . while and play with friend the skip rope strangely find itself around cathy neck with little concern from the other child . then a mysterious lady show up and everything go back to normal . then we skip 15 year into the present where cathy be in a relationship with a photographer and bob . theyre happily in love and but there something lurk under the surface and cathy start get recur nightmare of her traumatic childhood . roberta findley might not have a great rep behind her film and but surprisingly i enjoy the oracle and which make me grab this particular flick . the shame be that i do not quite get into this shonky trash and despite an interestingly offbeat concept . sadly i find it quite tough go a it terribly talky without really go anywhere with the idea . sure and chat be fine and but when it string you along and along with even more lifeless chitchat . the overall silliness of it show up strongly that your hop it would break out the madness and but it hardly eventuate . when it do . it not for long and and back to pointless chitchat we go . throw in plenty of redundant build ups and odd stretch that fill like nothing more than filler to pad out the running time . this only drag out the slow pace even more . it should have be more fun than it be and a i find myself to be either bore or baffle . the plotting of the flat story be a convolute jumble ( it skip in between a whole lot of element ) with many uneventful happening . it a nasty little item that doesn not explicitly show it and but it grim and mean spirit in nature . after a genuinely creepy and tight open couple minute when cathy be a child and throw in some motherly love . some inspired touch creep up here . it never seem quite sure where to go and it poor execution show it up immensely . the look and feel of it be quite amateurish and it can not seem to shake it or work around it without embarrassingly telegraph to u . now it good to leave the moronic script alone . while and the overwrought music score be quite a groaner and like something that would fit nicely in a silent film . the only real component technical aspect have to be that it be actually pretty well shot and catch the grimy location . the acting be very indifferent and christine moore in the lead role be the only one to give a reasonable turn . roy macarthur have a bit a fun with his performance and lighten it up when on screen . this forgettable and drab feature definitely squander every opportunity to make something fulfil out of this idea .