American Gothic ghost story

Rating: 6/10 (20 March 2015)

There have been a lot of teen horror flicks, enough for a few smarter films to play gently with the genre. Here, death stalks from the middle distance.
The film specifically places itself in a strange non time period that appears to mix a post 2007 urban collapse with the 1980s symbolism. The quiet centre lets you anticipate the moments of strange horror, as the teenagers work through their restless angst. While the formula is set in stone, it is kept on such an even pace that you quickly fall under the spell.
An engaging study of the impossibility yet inevitability of what follows us all.