Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on July 2013

Keri Russell, Josh Hamilton and their two young sons begin to notice odd goings-on about the house. Birds go berserk; people have bad dreams and get bloody noses; all the family photos mysteriously disappear. Ghosts? Nope. It’s not a bad movie. It’s workmanlike and spooky-ish, unsettling if not chilling. Like a weak X-Files. Brightens briefly when alien expert J. K. Simmons appears. It will appeal the most to moviegoers who have never seen Poltergeist, Signs, Paranormal Activity or The Exorcist. Warning bells: writer/director Scott Stewart previously gave us Legion and Priest.