For those of you that haven't seen one of these films before let me outline the plot(s):
Happy couple/family/individual decide to add to their lives and a young girl comes into the picture. Said young girl seems oddly mature for her age and adjusts quickly to her new situation. For a while at least, everything seems to have worked out for the best. Then, unexpectedly, the parent (usually the mother) starts to notice some things are just not quite right. Her protests are ignored because of past problems involving drinking, the loss of a child or some other reason that kills off their credibility. Insert false climaxes, a few shocks and a twist revealing the child as evil. The doubted parent is proved to be right in their accusations and despite some minor loss of life, all is once again right with the world.
(feel free to recycle this for future films of a similar nature)
The strength of the film is that it has a good twist, despite being pick-able in the lead up. For the rest of it I'm afraid it's all very much of a muchness and can't be said to be any better than Case 39 which hit cinemas two weeks ago.
The weakness is that it seems long. I mean loooooooooooong. I felt every minute that I was in the cinema and my mind wandered on several occasions. The climaxes were a little too easy to pick as false or genuine, but there was some decent gore for those of us with desensitised minds.
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1 1/2 Stars
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