Director: Parish Malfitano
Year: 2026
Country: Australia
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Supernatural
Plot:
Following the death of her mother, a woman decides to move into her mother’s twin sister’s house, which introduces her to her sister’s circle of friends who help make a popular local cooking show, but when they are befallen with strange maladies find a supernatural curse is in play.
Review:
Overall, this was a fairly solid and likable genre effort. Among the better factors here is the rather effective starting point that manages to give this a strong, engaging entry point into the shenanigans going on. Given the early introduction, looking into the relationship between her and her mom, which is based on the use of culinary cuisine, and how that manages to tie into the later story of what goes on when everything here tends to inform multiple scenarios where the use of food or cooking is used to get these elements brought together. That it becomes such a major focus on the film that it manages to influence her show in terms of how her cooking channel operates but also the interactions of the friends who are still quite unsure of who she is and trying to help deal with the strange nature of why she’s suddenly being afflicted with the sensations her mother used to hold within her even though it becomes extra frightening when the realization about it being her twin sister comes to light.
Even when this setup starts to involve a series of hauntings and supernatural magic involving witchcraft, featuring a series of curses that are utilized so that the different elements of her mom’s history are introduced through these different curses. There’s a sense of fun to be had when these elements come together to show the kind of deteriorating body-horror features that the curses can dictate and drain on others that are impacted by these, bringing about the kind of brutal, graphic curses that would fit in this kind of situation. This is all likable enough and handled with enough intriguing factors to be likable, but it does come at the expense of more overt genre material, with these being grounded in reality in such a way that hardly ever makes anything feel dangerous or chilling. The family drama at the center of the story and getting a sense of who she is within this dynamic takes such a priority that there’s not much in the way of delivering any kind of frights or chills, which may be the point, as it works incredibly well in this manner, but it does serve as the main drawback to this one.
Overview: ***/5
An enjoyable if somewhat lacking supernatural family drama, there’s enough to enjoy here that it’s not a complete waste, but the genre elements being the major lacking factor holding it down is a bit of a stumbling block. Those with an interest in the style or approach taken here or who don’t mind those issues will have the most to like her, while most others out there should heed caution.
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