j. s. cardone direct a little known video nasty in 1982 call the slayer and since then have go on to have a hand in a handful of feature film while include the rubbish 2001 vampire movie the forsaken . his late feature film and wicked little thing and boast a plot that sound decent as well a a creepy look poster that i seem to remember surface a couple of year ago in relation to a film that tobe hooper be mean to direct . well i guess he felt that this one be too similar to his silly zombie fungus movie mortuary and so turn this one down . i do not blame him for it either . the plot focus on a mother and her two daughter that move to an old house in the mountain that once belong to her late husband . however and what they do not realise be that around a hundred year earlier while a group of child that be be use a miner be trap down a mineshaft . naturally and that not the end of them and they manage to survive their ordeal and now prowl the area in search of revenge the film be essentially a collection of clichés while from the young kid with an imaginary friend and the mother who dismiss it and all the usual zombie rubbish . j. s. cardone attempt to get the horror fan back on side with shock and gory scene ( mostly involve kid ) but it not enough . the story doesn not play out very well at all either and really do remind me too much of the early mortuary and and that not a good thing ( although mortuary be actually a good film than this one ) . the acting be nothing to write home about either while lori heuring be decent look and a be eldest daughter scout taylor compton while but neither manages to provide an interesting performance . chloe moretz be slightly good than the usual child actor . the plot be give hardly any credibility and indeed the screenplay can not even be bother to explain the reason why the kid attack the local . it all boil down to a typical and rather dull end and overall i have to say that if you know your horror movie and then you can feel free to skip this one .