Another ghost story revolving around the usual old small-townlegend of a spirit out for vengeance. Once it tarts rolling it's not a bad little thriller- if a bit shgort and predictable- but I DO have a couple minor gripes about over-used cliches involving stupid people and useles objects.

First the stupid people. This happens at the beginning back-story, as the young boy tells mommy that there's something nasty in his nice dark bedroom. Naturally he goes in to check and proove to him that it's safe. Now, there's two possibilities in this one; either the kid's imagining things and the room is empty, in which case you hit the light-switch on the way in to show him, or there really IS something there (like a prowler) in wich case you also hit the light-switch to see what it is. You do not walk into the dark room, look for something that you can't see in the dark, and wait in the middle for the big Bad to nail you. Hit the light witch, big bad goes away (being afraid of the light and all) and half of the movie pretty much ends there.

Now for useless objects. I don't care how fresh your batteries are or how many weeks they're guarrenteed for, your flahlights WILL go out the moment the nasty critter is chasing you. You could have a handful of indutrial flashlights 9and they did) and the one you're using is suddenly going to have a shortened battery life.

That said, this is a respectable flick for an off-season fright-flick, jut don't pay more then matinee' prices.