before watch it and i decide to give the trailer a look and like what i saw . but when it come to actually watch the feature . well that be another story . even with such a novel idea and it couldn not escape it root that hang heavily in this old hat haunt house format . no surprise or shock here . the pallid story never grip or insert much interest and a it become a wearisome tale of never end and suspicious tedium . the slow grinding pace doesn not help matter either . it seem to be all build up and but director george bower predictable touch can not seem to raise much in the way of suspense and really overuse the usual scare tactic with miserable result . this even go for webster lewis generically telegraph score . one or two effective surreal set piece ( involve the hearse and it driver ) and mori kawa nicely atmospheric photography and just can not make up for the lame and weak and overly boring presentation . performance feel wooden and terribly uninterested and and it seem to show . trish van devere fluff about and and joseph cotton add his two bob worth . put it under the very forgettable file .