Why so much hype?

Highly Overrated But Still Good

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Lifetime showed this movie for free on demand. I did not know that Lifetime showed horror movies, but then I realized why this fits the Lifetime motto of "Television for Women" because there were women in this movie. There were dead women, teenage women, crazy killer adult women - this movie had them all!Anyways, this movie was bizarre. Who was the crazy killer woman? Was it Jordan's aunt? If not, then how did Jordan come to live with her after her mom died? Did the woman and her husband, who killed Jordan's mom, just say to somebody in Los Angeles that they wanted to adopt this teenager? And then they lock her in the bathroom with pennies while they go out on a date night of doing blow and playing mini golf? My wife and I agree that Jordan dating that guy in the glasses was ridiculous. He was clearly out of his league, and he swung a shovel like he had no bones in his wrist. I googled "A Haunting at Silver Falls Academy Awards" and was surprised to find that this movie won none - not even for the guy in the glasses. Personally, I would have given the Wearing Glasses Award to the guy in the glasses. It was a bold move to start making out with Jordan in the basement while those twin ghosts tore her "aunt" and "uncle" to shreds. Well played, guy in glasses. Well played.

I don't understand why people are giving this a low rating. I myself can't do gore movies, this movie is a simply haunting movie with ghost fun. Its like a olden day movie with ghostly girls following a person, the ghost wants the real story of what happened told and attatches to the main character. She points the way to solve the true mystery of what happened to her and her sister that fateful night. The costumes for the ghost girls was also very real, it shows them the way they were found when they died. There's no blood or guts like todays horror movies display. If you're looking for a bump in the night twisty turny movie this is the movie for you, however if you want blood and guts this isn't it.

Jordan's father died, so she comes to live with her aunt Anne, her deceased mother's twin sister, and her uncle Kevin. She goes on a date with Larry Parrish; Larry ends up being arrested for drug possession, and Jordan gets a ride home from Robbie. Larry is in line to be the school valedictorian, and Dr Parrish (Larry's father, a psychologist) is not amused.Jordan starts getting nocturnal visitors; one leaves candy wrappers, the other tries to pull off the ring she found in the woods while fleeing the cops after the 'date.'Larry tries to help Jordan get the ring off. It seems to work, but then the ring gets back on, somehow. Jordan's new parents bring up the things (an Hermes scarf, money from Kevin's wallet) found in her underwear drawer. The lock her in the bathroom using pennies while they have a night out by themselves. Then the ghosts try to drown her. Good planning there. She's soaking wet but the bathroom is not. Hm. They give her some haloperidol, an anti-psychotic. Oh, great. She sees the one ghost in daylight now.Her first visit with Dr. Parrish on a professional level does not go well. She sees the ghost in his office, cannot take her eyes off of it, and cannot tell hi about it. The doctor knows she is lying and concealing. Sigh. At school, Larry and Robbie are competing over her. Larry and Jordan ditch school and follow Jordan's ghost. Larry calls her parents and the Sheriff, who then stage an intervention.Jordan gets to meet Mr. Dahl, the father and the condemned killer of the twins, Heather and Holly Dahl. These are the ghosts Jordan has been seeing. Mr. Dahl gives her another ring, the second third of what used to be one ring. After she gets home, Jordan puts it on as well. She has quite the dream after that, featuring both twins. They warn her that she is next.Jordan finds the third part of the ring, and information that she did not expect.Will Jordan make it out alive?------Scores-------Cinematography: 8/10 Fairly good, but had a few problems, at least on Netflix.Sound: 8/10 No particular problems.Acting: 8/10 Steve Bacic was great; Erick Avari, an enduring favourite, was even better. James Cavlo was beyond bad. Except for him, I might have given this film a five of five. Alix Elizabeth Gitter was fine as Jordan.Screenplay: 8/10 Liked the story.

Or I wouldn't have enjoyed the movie as much as I did. The story is very different to your average ghost story. Love the twist and kept my interest right to the end. The story is a slow bleed story on a new girl in town type tale filled with stories about a haunted forest. I really liked the way the story was revealed. I was asking myself what the inciting incident was after the first 10mins. The film doesn't try hard to be the next Exorcist or Amityville Horror and stands on its own feet as a ghost story that creates it's own genre.If you read the plot summary, whoever wrote it deserves to be shot, the whole summary is a big Spoiler. Why anyone would write the whole premise and outline of a movie as a plot summary I can't for the life of me understand Which hopefully every horror/thriller fan won't read. It deserves more than the low rating its been given on here. 6/10