Director: Stacey Gregg
Year: 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
Plot:
After new neighbors move in next door, a mother grows increasingly convinced that the daughter of the family is the reincarnated spirit of her own deceased daughter and sets out to convince them of the situation, setting off a gradually tenser and uncomfortable series of events for everyone.
Review:
Overall, this one was a generally enjoyable thriller. That this one manages to effectively provide a rational explanation for the building tension, in regards to how she comes to believe the idea of the reincarnation in the first place, perfectly provides this with a fantastic base to work off of. The conversations that take place regarding how the daughter could possibly know the area despite never having lived there, the little character quirks that were similar to her own daughter, and the other clues that are embedded in the setup to further this notion rather effectively. The more frantic and tense this gets over time this one manages to become quite an impressive account of grief accounting how she comes to believe the ludicrous explanations she goes through to make the situation make sense is a telling effect on a person.
While that makes for a lot to like, this one does tend to become quite dull here with this one tending to take so long to get going that it can feel incredibly full. The majority of the film being about the grief that enables her to be unable to process the fact about her daughter’s loss that overcomes her ends up causing this one to feel incredibly drawn out and boring without much in the way of realistic action to warrant going that long. Very little of this generates any kind of interest in the storyline since she spends so much time trying to come to terms with this factor that it’s quite difficult to remain invested in the storyline with this being the biggest factor throughout the film. Otherwise, this is quite a lot of fun with it being the one flaw overall.
Overview: ***/5
Featuring a strong storyline and setup that doesn’t have much wrong but stands as an important aspect to the film overall, it’s a strong enough thriller for what it is but isn’t much more than that. Give it a chance if you’re a fan of the style or the creative crew, while others who don’t enjoy either of those factors should heed caution.
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