Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

The first must-see film of the year.

The acting in this movie is really good.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Three sisters go to live with their Aunt Cora (Deborah Kara Unger) on a remote NW island. It is Halloween and there is a monster thing (see DVD cover) on the loose and it is killing the residents. Emma (Alisha Newton) the youngest of the 3 sisters sees its killings in her dreams. We get an explanation of what this is by Toby (Dylan Playfair) who looks like a young Kurt Russell.This is a made for TV film. Nothing the kids can't see outside of a little horror. I thought the opening build up was good with Aunt Cora and Emma being spooked out. However once the film gets going, it gets into a rut and can't generate any more horror.

Caution: MAY CAUSE HEARING IMPAIRMENTS.If you enjoy having your ears blown off by continuous screaming - DO NOT BOTHER WATCHING. I will now complete this review with non-relevant information because apparently you have to write a minimum of five lines, but there really isn't much else to say about this movie be it negative or positive.

Characters were one dimensional and I had no sympathy for any of them. The best actress in the film dies in the first five minutes and I envied her escaping this mess. The remaining characters were about as likable as salt on an opened wound and the actors demonstrated their mastery of the range of emotions from fear to anger to anger-fear back to fear. Special effects were good and that's about all that saves this one from being laughable. Does anyone give a thought to plot anymore? Story telling is not incidental and having good CGI does not excuse you from making an effort at an interesting back story. Why does this threat/monster exist? Oh, well we grilled a few witches a hundred years ago and they threw some kinda burning demon tree demon on us, go figure. Movie is basically spent running around trying to get away from this nameless demon thing and screaming a lot... A LOT. I'm still not certain why the town locals, who seem to have known this was going to happen stayed around to be slaughtered, couldn't find a hotel with a hot tub? Or maybe they thought simply closing the blinds somehow made them invisible to the demon, cause you know, ostriches and everything. Don't waste your time unless you are heavily medicated and need a way to waste 90 minutes.

Trying to get over a deep family tragedy, sisters visiting their aunt on a deserted island find a local legend about a demonic creature has come to like and stalking the island forcing them to get away before it consumes them as well. This here was quite the impressive and highly enjoyable effort. What really sets this one going is the strong atmosphere found throughout here, which is based quite highly on the setting here. Utilizing the deserted, isolated island setting the best, possible resource here of the utterly impenetrable wall of trees creating a spooky feeling here even before the oncoming storm hits, while the slow-building mystery here with the blank island and continual stranded nature here create an eerie setting here for which the insertion of the creature makes for a great time here. The appearance and powers of the creature are quite nice as the body being composed of tree roots and moss conjoined with supernatural fire bleeding through its eyes and mouth as well as the means of which it appears to teleport itself around to kill its victims which makes for a wholly impressive creature. These here give this a strong boost to the film by then making the action here incredibly fun and exciting, as the opening attack in the forest starts this off nicely, the house attack is outstanding with the arguing distraction letting the crashing body through the front door and the root-fingers grabbing readily delivering stolid shocks and the big confrontation in the deserted town is highly spectacular. The mangled, bloody bodies left laying in the street, the eerie quite and the encounters within here from the shopping mart and the alleyway from the diner against the creature are so much fun here that they keep this going along so well with the fellow survivors getting involved that there's plenty to fully enjoy here. The battle at the sheriffs' station manages to get some really great times as well as it stalks them through the deserted station and readily makes for some decent scares along with the fun kills. The finale, which is so much fun in the forest battles throughout here that range from the absolutely spectacular search here for their missing sister stuck in the sacrificial lair where they rescue the other abducted victim, the attempts to hide in the forest are fine and there's a logical lead-in to the fantastic stalking in the corridors of the power plant where there's a large number of high-end suspense scenes here that really make for quite the chilling time here getting in the fire action of it chasing them around in such a creepy location. These here give this one quite the utterly impressive effort here than it manages to overcome the few minor flaws on display. The one main one here, which shouldn't be much of a surprise here as the CGI for the creature doesn't come close to realistic or believable, as this one doesn't really offer any surprises here. the only other weird part here is the decision here to waste the time searching for the daughter in the woods at the beginning, as the extensive amount of time here is in direct violation of hat was told to them by the ferry driver that halts the whole scene, truly making it seem curious over the inclusion here when other scenes set up her story better. Otherwise, this one was highly enjoyable. Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Language.