This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

A different way of telling a story

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

A Hallmark Channel horror film that is based on Lisa Grunwald's novel New Year's Eve. The plot is based around two identical twin sisters played by Kim Raver, both of whom have 7 year old children called Sarah and David, both of whom have developed a close bond whilst growing up. When David is tragically killed, it becomes apparent that Sarah believes David is still in contact with her, something which causes friction between the twins.Very effective spooker this, with decent literary smarts involving grief and the always fascinating subject of identical twins. Raver's dual performance and that of young Niamh Wilson as Sarah keeps the production on a good footing, while the chills and thrills are capably mounted by director Ralph Hemecker. Not what you would call essential for horror fans, but as TV produced movies go this is a good effort all round. 7/10

This is one of those movies that you happen to come across on some obscure channel, and as there's nothing else on, you decide to watch it. Unlike the reviews state, this isn't actually all bad. It does have some good points to it.The first half of this film is undoubtedly the best, but after that halfway line, it definitely begins to slip. Although it has the potential to be great, it descends and descends in enjoyment until you're left with a mess.The basic plot line is:Two twin sisters, both having children, throw a Halloween party. This is how the film starts, and it identifies the fact that the daughter of one of the sisters and the son of the other are really close. But then, the son (named David) gets run over accidentally when he drops his toy robot in the middle of the road and runs to retrieve it. However, the daughter says that he isn't dead. At first, the mother of the girl just thinks its shock, but then strange things begin happening, which suggest that maybe the boy's come back. The question that runs through this movie and makes up the plot line is: Why?It starts off well, but then it gets a little strange and weird towards the end. It's worth a viewing, no doubt, but there's nothing here to go crazy about.One can only help that a director will see this movie's potential, and make a remake of it that's much, MUCH better.

The idea that spirits of the dead try to communicate with the living is an intriguing one. And the connection between twins has fascinated humanity for a long time. So, putting them together in a movie ought to make for an interesting and scary movie, right? Wrong! Haunting Sarah really focuses on twins Erica & Heather (Kim Raver in a dual role), who have a very close bond. Erica is college professor who teaches mythology. Heather is a pediatrician. Erica has a daughter named Sarah (Niamh Wilson). Heather has a son named David (Ryland Thiessen) who is almost exactly the same age. The cousins are also very close, and both families live near each other and see a lot of each other. This pleasant setup is shattered when David is killed by a careless driver while trying to retrieve his favorite toy, which he has dropped in the street. When Erica goes to tell Sarah about it, Sarah claims to already know because David told her in a dream. Sarah's behavior becomes more and more bizarre, until her parents decide to get her out of the city and take her to the family cabin for the summer. Grieving, and unable to continue with her practice, Heather comes to join them. As the summer continues, Sarah's behavior becomes increasingly bizarre, as does Heather's. When Erica begins to suspect that Heather is hoping that David will be reincarnated through Erica's unborn baby, things take a particularly strange twist, resulting in some incredible surprises.This could have been a very interesting premise if the writing hadn't been so heavy handed. Unfortunately instead of using subtlety and suspicion to get the point across, the screenwriters beat you over the head with it. The end result is a film which becomes annoyingly bland.Also, much of the characterization makes little sense. If Erica and Heather are really so close, Heather's deception of Erica really shouldn't work. And after Heather's motives have been discovered, why would Erica turn to her for help. Likewise, David was, by all accounts, a good kid. It makes no sense that he returns as an evil spirit, especially as one that is bent on destroying his beloved cousin. Likewise, Sarah's thinly veiled declaration of her intent to get revenge on him at the end of the movie makes little sense, although it is somewhat satisfying after everything that has gone on. The husbands are little more than cardboard cutouts, and Heather's husband, Richard (Gordon Tanner) disappears from the action very early on. Where is he while all of this is going on? What does he think of his wife's actions? Where is he at the end of the film? That's just unforgivably careless writing.The acting doesn't rise above the material much, either. Raver does manage to generate two very different characters for Erica and Heather, but both performances tended to be somewhat wooden. Wilson seems to sleepwalk through the part of Sarah. Thiessen gives David some real malice with the little screen time he gets. Perhaps the best, and most fully realized performance was Alison Sealy-Smith as Rosie, who played her part with verve and commitment.All in all, a rather sodden mess, and given the setup, a real disappointment.

The only thing I could think of was "just awful". I found some of the scenes, particularly the ending ones, gratuitous and that such a thing can only be forgiven if the movie/show is stylishly slick or or outright exceptional. This movie was neither.Basically, a young boy dies in an accident and his cousin named Sarah is haunted by his spirit(which for some never really well explained reason is evil. Buh?) There's some supposedly creepy things that happen and Sarah ends up being close to death and the mother(who is an identical twin)has to have son for her to survive(since David wants to come back to life).The movie just fails because it has that generic Lifetime feel that both tries too hard yet not hard enough. Only the Sarah girl was any good. Everyone else was just wooden. I have to admit though, I did like the leather costume on one of the twin women. That was pretty cool, but before and after that was either lame(kid in Devil mask? Bah!), needlessly disgusting(I don't think a C-section should have been that graphic. YECH! Only House and CSI could get away with that), or just "meh"(amulets to ward off spirits? How original).If you're a die hard spirit horror fan, you might like it. If not, best to steer clear. I should have.