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Divorced dad Simon (Alex Draper) brings his 12-year-old son, Finn (Charlie Tacker) out to Vermont to help him renovate an old house he recently purchased. Used to the speed of New York City, Finn has an impossible time slowing down to a smalltown pace, and he’s disappointed before even getting there. So is Simon (“I guess I was hoping I would catch you on the 12 side of 12, instead of the 13 side of 12”). Afflicted with a rare medical condition in which there’s a literal hole in his heart, Simon, ever resourceful, does what he can to make things good as he and his son attempt to repair what’s broken. Soon, a series of nonsensically terrifying happenings occur, nightmarish and incomprehensible. It becomes clear that they aren’t alone in the house. That there is more work to be done than either could be capable of grasping. That death is a partially living state. And that they are in a very special kind of danger. (Fantasia International Film Festival)
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Eine ziemlich moderate und nicht beängstigende übernatürliche Geschichte, die zwischen den Genres Familiendrama und Kinderschocker balanciert. Man muss jedoch sagen, dass sie flüssig abläuft und innerhalb des Drehbuchs nicht wirklich beleidigt und ziemlich unterhält - der Zuschauer kann sich mitunter damit amüsieren, die Silhouette des Geistes irgendwo im Hintergrund der Einstellung zu suchen. Ansonsten bringt sie jedoch nichts Neues oder Überraschendes - als Filmhäppchen ist es ausreichend, aber dieser Film hat keine höheren Ambitionen. Und der Titel ist ein wenig verwirrend, es geht wirklich nicht um Hexen.
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The films of Andy Mitton so far have always bored me, but this time at least he hits the spot – or how to conceive the tired haunted-house genre with originality and almost no money. The characters are fun, they behave slightly differently than in similar films. I also had fun looking for the ghost of the witch, who often simply appears in the scene without the director needing any jump-scares to draw attention to her. And the story is enjoyable, too, it evolves into a surprisingly emotional drama with a very well executed chilling twist at the end. This film may not be not gratifying enough for the viewers to get Mitton into a wider audience, but as a sample of independent genre filmmaking, is almost perfect.
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