forgive me and but this work of director peter hall be horrendous . if you can not get to u with the plot and why not kill someone cat or dog . that surely reach the audience . this viewer be tire of see animal sacrifice for the plot of a movie . and and believe me and i saw it come before she open the package . how predictable can you get . take a cute animal then kill it in a gruesome way . i have never be a fan of de mornay and this performance tell me why . overact and somewhat stagnant in interpretation and i find her rather silly and definitely boring . i do like banderas and but felt bad that he have to play opposite de mornay . he have do much well in other film namely philadelphia where he have some honesty in his dialogue . in this chestnut he do his best to keep his character real . but the writer and green and rush and do a good job in prevent this with their trite storyline and insipid dialogue . please and let u not be subject to this kind of entertainment . some of u aren not fool by corny plot and bludgeon animal and generally long winded dialogue . see her get away with it and make me furious .