While digging into their town's infamous past, a group of high school students unwittingly unlock an even darker secret. Now, an evil spirit has been awakened and will stop at nothing to find his true heir.
Not for warmth, comfort or uplift.
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GoodWatch score 68
GoodWatch score 66
GoodWatch score 68March 9, 2012 · 1 h 35 min · R
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In the United States, Playback streams on fuboTV, Philo, Magnolia Selects, and Monsters and Nightmares, and it is free with ads on Hoopla and Plex. You can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, and FlixFling. It also streams in 16 other countries.
Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 23 (IMDb 4.3 and Rotten Tomatoes 0%).
Yes, it's frightening: scares are rated 9 of 10, and some images are gruesome (grotesque 7 of 10).
Probably not: the title analysis rates it 7 of 10 for bleakness and 3 for melancholy, against 2 for hopefulness.
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