A family moves into an ideal new home where the swimming pool in the backyard just happens to be haunted. Pretty standard PG-13 horror fare that feels a bit too watered down (*rimshot*). The performances are all fairly strong (especially Kerry Condon as the put-upon mom), however it's telegraphed pretty early on what's happening, so there aren't many surprises to be found. As with most films of this type, a lot is left to the imagination, although it probably would have benefitted from showing some actual horror.
This premise might have worked a lot better as an R-rated summer flick exploiting our underlying fears of water and drowning. At least I had some screaming teen girls sitting behind me, which raised the stakes a bit.
1½ toy boats out of 5
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