A psychiatrist who has a psychic ability and her daughter have to fight to fight to save a young girl who is being devoured by a dark being.
This is one of the best horror films I've seen in a while. It's a film that sets a tone early and never lets it break until the end. Truthfully you need to see this film, if only for the first fifteen minutes. It is one of the best opening sequences of any recent horror film and sets the rest of the film up perfectly. While some may quibble that what follows isn't quite as good, I still think what follows is wonderful and scary and not really predictable.
What makes the film work is that the films conceit, that the mother can go into people's minds and see their trauma, or monsters (kind of like Kon's PAPRIKA or the unjustly forgotten DREAMSCAPE) plays out perfectly. It sets up a wonderful dual world of a light place and a dark place that will kill you one way or another.
I truly loved this film. While it may not be big and flashy, it is the sort of thing that you will stop and watch every time you run across it on TV. I also love how it has Julian Richings appear for one scene that amps everything up.
One of the great finds of 2025
While the Fantaspoa screenings are done, the film is now streaming on Amazon on other digital providers.
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