Ever since the death of her mother, Ranae (Madeline Conway) hasn't been the same - but still she pushes on and even accepts a job as a babysitter of a 3 months old. This seems to be the easiest thing in the world, as the baby's already asleep and according to his parents (David Sapiro, Deanna Sapiro) not likely to wake up ... and yet something freaks out Ranae enough to call her best friend Cali (Emmaline Friederichs), who soon enough shows up with her friend Grace (Carly Rae James Sauer) and Grace's asshole boyfriend Jeremy (Claudio Parrone jr) - but the latter have more a party in mind than giving Ranae moral support. Thing is, by the by, they all have ghostly encounters, and while Ranae is still trying to figure out what's happening with her brother Ray (Marco Lama), a youngster into paranormal phenomena she's on videochat with, the ghost starts to pick Ranae's friend and kills them one by one - and when she and Ray find out who the ghost might be and what it's after, it might already be too late ...

So ok, premise-wise, this movie never veers too far from the slasher formula, down to using the babysitter clichée complete with party-crazy teens - but it's cleverly built into a ghost story that's heavy on atmosphere rather than jump scares and gore and that features a proper narrative build-up and is steeped in mystery till the last. And of course, a bunch of strong performances don't hurt any, neither.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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