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One year ago, Chris's (Russ Diapper) pregnant wife has been killed by a
crazy kid in the hotel they owned, and Chris hasn't been the same ever
since - which you can't really blame him for. Now Chris's brother Mark
(Rami Hilmi) insists he returns to the hotel again to reopen it - which
might be a good idea, because this way Chris learns to face his fears and
overcome his grief to start a new life ... unfortunately though, this is a
good idea only in theory, because in reality, the hotel is a cursed place,
cursed not in the figurative sense of the word because Chris's wife has
been killed there but because in the literal sense because a family with
links to the beyond has been killed here a century or so ago, and since
then they haunt the place - which accounts for numerous freaky occurences
over the years. When Chris starts to report the ghostly occurences that
have happened of late, Mark is understandably skeptical, he even goes so
far as to downplay the occurences he himself has witnessed. He instead
figures the best thing to do is to fire the creepy maintenance man Henry
(Paul Kelleher) and instead hire a medium (Melissa Stanton), just to tell
Chris everything is alright ... but it isn't, and the medium hightails it
before she even takes residence. Ultimately, Mark finds out Chris's
gobbledegook about ghosts has been nothing but the truth all along, but
when he wants to come and pick up Chris, he's met with a nasty
"accident" - and now it's up to Chris and Henry, who's actually
an exorcist of sorts, to take care of the ghosts, including the ghost of
Chris's wife, on their own ... A movie based on a set of pretty
creepy ideas and carried by a few pretty creepy scenes - that is
unfortunately never allowed to fully come into its own simply because the
budget doesn't always live up to the film's ambitions, and so some effects
lack the final polish to make them really effective, some setpieces just
don't fully come together, and the sets themselves could have done with a
bit of extra sauce ... but all that said, even if it shows, there isn't
even much money the film is lacking, and the director's heart and talent
are clearly there - one just can't help but feel this could have been
better, and he could have done better, given the opportunity.
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