A blonde woman goes missing in her late mothers house whilst on skype with her daughter. The blonde woman's blonde sister then also goes missing in the late mothers house and its up to a third blonde sister (or maybe blonde cousin, I wasn't really paying attention) to figure out what's been going on. So she then moves into mummy's house and weird paranormal freaky deaky stuff ensues. The blonde cousin/sister then goes to the police and Johnny Rico from Starship Troopers helps her investigate stuff. A whole bunch of creepy, ghosty stuff happens and then the director tries to surprise us with minimal effect.
Right then. First off I actually like the premise of this film and I like what they tried to do with the slight twist on the genre, unfortunately thats where the good points end. There are way too many blonde people in this film. Now I don't have a problem with blonde people, for example I am quite partial to a bit of Pixie Lott, however shoving a load of very similar looking blonde women all together makes it difficult to keep up with who is who and who has what child, etc. Admittedly this wasn't helped by the fact my attention was partly taken up by the paint drying on the wall but hey ho. The acting isn't too bad but it isn't amazing either. Johnny Rico bless him couldn't really act in Starship Troopers but at least in that he was blowing up giant dung beetles, in this the woodenness shines on through. Again the three blonde women are not terrible but cannot carry the less than exciting script and storyline. The big 'twist' on the genre is a clever idea but certain plotholes ruin it slightly and it feels as though a different director or writer could have done something rather special with it. Shame this didn't happen then and I was subjected to yet another slice of boredom.
Verdict: 1.5/5
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