Naomi Watts and a morbid curiosity carry this art school horror remake

Rating: 8/10 (26 October 2009)

The plot revolves around a particular urban myth about the results of viewing a certain unmarked short video tape. We see the dark film (and a nightmare producing young girl) early. Where did this damning video and girl come from? These questions are investigated by Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) when the movie is accidentally viewed by creepy son Aiden (David Dorfman) and his father (now her ex) as the whole estranged family is on a race against death! Watts deftly exudes her characters' many roles while the other two give one dimensional performances as she tries to save her son from the heart stopping fate in dreary Seattle. My morbid curiosity proved this isn't just another teenage urban legend flick!