StoryLine:
:A defiant teenage boy, struggling with his parents’ imminent divorce, faces off with a thousand year-old witch, who is living beneath the skin of and posing as the woman next door.
:This is a fairly run-of-the-mill Goosebumps-style story. A fair assessment would be Fright Night mixed with Friedkin’s The Guardian and a bit of Rear Window. The plot is not revolutionary by any means but there are some surprises including a nifty twist at the end involving one of the horror cliches that the film uses repeatedly to signify the presence of evil. It doesn’t look cheap or filmed by amateurs. So it does have some production values like proper cinematography, music and effects. The experienced cast is good for what the film is. There is an attempted extended metaphor involving how divorce can affect children. I am not sure it is too clear or even works. But it is something to think about. Overall, it is not mind-numbingly bad or insulting. It worked for me.
