An editor (Daniel Craig) leaves his job to write a novel and spend more time with his wife (Rachel Weisz) and kids in their new house in the country. But he discovers that the family that lived there five years ago were all murdered and somethings not right in the small town they've moved to. Directed by Jim Sheridan (
MY LEFT FOOT), the film begins as a horror film until a twist is revealed and then it becomes a detective story. If you go in expecting a horror flick, you'll be sorely disappointed. The film was taken away from Sheridan by the studio and re-cut and Sheridan and the film's stars were displeased enough to refuse to do any promotion for it. I suspect Sheridan's cut was probably too "artsy" for mainstream audiences but the cut the studio has provided us with, while modestly enjoyable in an
AMITYVILLE HORROR sort of way is rather routine considering the pedigree of the director and its cast. I had a good time at it but its potential is never adequately tapped. The creepily effective score is by John Debney. With Naomi Watts (somewhat wasted as a next door neighbor), Jane Alexander, Elias Koteas and Marton Csokas (
THE DEBT).
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