- Directed by: Solomon Gray
- Written by: Solomon Gray
- Stars: Hayley McFarland, Sharmita Bhattacharya, Margaret Wuertz
- Run Time: 1 Hour, 33 Minutes
- Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi-IX23jxxU
Spoiler-Free Judgment Zone
Two women get together late at night, and one of them tells scary stories. After far too long a period of talk and minor jump scares, things get a little real – maybe. The acting and all the technical aspects are good. But we both thought it was pretty drawn out and dull.
Spoilery Synopsis
We see shots of someone with a bloody pillowcase over their head as credits roll.
Sarah and Neeta talk about Neeta’s artist block. Later, Rachel calls and wants to come over. Rachel sees several men in bloody pillowcases banging on her car. “We’re all around you,” one says.
Rachel arrives and admires Neeta’s many paintings. She explains about her “dreams” that keep her up at night. This has been going on since she was little
Rachel tells about her childhood friend, Lily, who told her a story about a little girl fifty years ago, who put a pillowcase over her mother’s head and killed her. The girl claimed her friend in the closet made her do it. Lily also said her dread grandma told her the story. Lily then rode her bicycle to the house where the little girl did the killing.
Rachel stops the story, thinking she’s hearing someone else in the house. There’s no one there.
Anyway, back to Rachel’s childhood story. Lily walked into the abandoned house, and Rachel went with her. They found a photograph of themselves, except Lily had a pillowcase over her head.
Rachel goes to the bathroom and sees someone with a pillowcase inside. This one removes the covering, and the woman inside is a real mess.
Rachel comes out and continues her apparently neverending story. She and Lily opened the closet in the abandoned house, and they saw something. They rode back home in a hurry, but that night, Lily and her mother just vanished, never to be seen again.
Rachel still thinks she hears something inside the house. She pulls out her diary, where she’s been making notes about the weird stuff she’s seen.
Neeta interrupts to tell her nightmare story about a siren. Rachel ignores that and continues with her story. She grew up, and the weirdness all went away– until it came back. Upset, both women turn in for the night, but Neeta takes a weapon with her just in case Rachel’s as crazy as she seems.
Nope– Rachel comes into Neeta’s bedroom and goes on with the interminable tale. She talks about how the visions eventually returned, and why she needed to tell the story.
Neeta hears the siren from her own story as someone else appears in the room. Neeta screams and freaks out but then realizes she’s alone in the silent room and Rachel’s asleep in her own room.
Neeta sneaks out and goes to the address from Rachel’s diary. Rachel, in the meantime, wakes up and deals with her own nightmares. Across town, Neeta explores the empty old house from Rachel’s diary and story. She finds a closet with a photo of her and Rachel. She gets scared and runs back to her car.
In the morning, Neeta wakes up tied to a chair and hears voices. “Fear is the path to grace. That’s what led you to us,” says an old woman, who puts a pillowcase over Neeta’s head. Nope– just a dream, maybe.
Neeta goes home, and Rachel knows what she’s done. Neeta now sees the pillowcase-head people outside. Neeta looks again at the photo she found, and it’s different now. It’s Neeta’s demon now, and Rachel is free.
Ten months later, Neeta goes to Sarah’s house and wants to tell her a story…
Brian’s Commentary
Rachel’s story about Lily takes most of the film’s run time. It’s like listening to someone telling a ghost story around the campfire. This is pretty cool in theory, but it goes on for far too long. It’s like a “creepypasta” stretched out for an hour and a half.
The set is very interesting, and the acting is fine, but it just takes way too long for anything to actually happen. Something beyond just jump scares between the quiet bits.
I thought it was pretty dull, but it might be good to watch in a dark room all by yourself some night.
Kevin’s Commentary
I turned on my iPad during viewing and a game being played on there was much more entertaining than this movie. Most of the strangeness just seemed like mental illness, distorted memories, stress, fatigue, and nightmares – which can be a sort of horror in itself. Things did get real and sort of explained at the very end, but by then I didn’t care much anymore.
It’s well made, and the acting is good, but it didn’t hold my interest.
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