Michael Ledo Following the death of mom, Rose (Miranda Cosgrove) and her father (Donal Logue) move from sunny California to snowy Chicago. Dad is married to his work. Rose takes psychotic meds and has trouble with the house with a history. She has dreams, hears noises, sees stuff move, has issue with the neighbors, stuck doors, and a doll's head that likes the view in different rooms of the house.The film builds slow, in fact a bit too slow as I grew bored over stuff moving. When we figure out the mystery, which wasn't too hard to do, we realize the film is one of an overcrowded genre which gave us better productions. This was done perhaps for the kids who grew up with Miranda and never saw those other films. Not a bad film, but that will bring deja vu to seasoned viewers.Guide: No F-bombs, sex, or nudity.

Adriane Fagundes This movie is about a young college girl who lost her mentally ill mother. The main character Rose and her father move to a new place and they have a troubled relationship as Rose resents her father for getting more work to do when her mother got really sick. The house they moved to has a history, a girl who lived there, called Rachel, went missing and was never found.There are a lot of problems with this movie and I'm not going to comment on the cliches because I honestly don't mind cliches as long as they are well done, which is not the case.The movie seems to try to set the idea that Rose might have the same illness as her mother, but... It's so not convincing that a lot of the father/daughter dialogue feels dumb. Which brings us to another problem: the dialogue as a whole. There is so much exposition going on it's annoying especially since the "mistery" of the movie is so obvious since so early in the movie. I mean they did a kind of nice job in the very beginning when Rose is suspicious of Lila's father, but then they just made it all go away when Rose accused the guy in the middle of the street and for some weird reason instead of being really mad at a girl - who you just talked once - for doing that to your father, Lila explains everything to Rose, even very personal things and continues to be good friends with her. It's just so unrealistic and that pushed me right out of the movie. And it's sad to watch it after that because you can see that they are trying to make you confused about who is the person that killed Rachel when you already know ages ago. And I am a person who is AWFUL at figure this things out in movies.Anyway, I think it could have been a nice cliche horror movie, but its incredible predictability killed it.

Genevieve Olin The smell of the popcorn; the excitement of the crowd. The anticipation of the curtains rising and that first glimmer of light as the projector is turned on. You can't wait through the previews; you've already waited so long. But it does take you back to that first preview you'd seen, so many months back, when you first decided you needed to see the film. It has been drawn out, and you've patiently awaited, all culminating to this particular moment: "It's on!" You cross your hands and move forward just a bit. What happened to the days of films being out in theaters for several months, giving everybody ample time to see them, while word of mouth spread like wildfire to everybody within ears distance? If you somehow missed the previews, a friend of a friend had said the movie was amazing and you just needed to see for yourself. There was no such thing as a film being released for purchase before it was seen in theaters. There is something about that feeling of being amongst the crowd, experiencing the moment, and seeing the reactions of all types of people while you are there. The anticipation and excitement is felt throughout the venue, with not only your close family and friends, but everybody who has been awaiting its debut. As I drove up to Los Angeles last night, I couldn't help but to wonder why Sony had chosen not to take this route for one of their new films, "The Intruders". I was able to purchase the film before its' actual release in the theater I was driving to. I confess; I just couldn't wait. I had to watch it before I made the drive up to LA- replaying several times, I might add. It had such unique twists and turns. It was not at all what I had envisioned. I expected a great film, but it was superb. It was not at all like many films of this genre. It was an excellent suspenseful mystery, with many elements of the human psyche coming into play. I couldn't stop watching it. The story is of a father and daughter moving to a new town after the death of a schizophrenic mother, and settling into a home with much history and character already present. Dad has visions of remodeling the home to their liking, but the home seems to have likings of its own. Miranda Cosgrove plays the leading role as Rose, who feels as though something or someone in the house is trying to communicate with them, but her concerns are discounted by her father's unwillingness to accept the validity of what she is saying. As she tries to uncover more of the history and possible events that occurred within the home, she is only left more isolated and vulnerable, as her speculations are left unresolved and seemingly a figment of her imagination. It is evident that something strange is occurring, but very difficult to pinpoint what, as you are lured deeper into a web of plot twists and paranoia, questioning the sanity of everyone involved. I believe the film could have done very well in theaters, had it been traditionally released. Films are art forms that require patience and vision from the writer, director and cast. This film is no exception to this sentiment, definitely deserving its' time on the big screen. I am happy to own the film, but I would have gladly payed full price to see it in theaters. The screening was actually free, and I was so fortunate to view it in the presence of the director, Adam Massey, writer, Jason Juravic, along with Miranda Cosgrove herself. As being one of her first roles of this type, I believe she could receive so much more recognition from the natural process of a full theater release, as well as the writer and director. To say the least, my favorite viewing of the film was at this special screening, and I believe many others would have felt the same way had they known. This film is definitely well put together and intriguing to watch. Many Miranda Cosgrove fans would have loved to see this special showing, had it been more well publicized. The Landmark theater screening in LA also included a question and answer session with the creative minds and cast of the this excellent film. When asked about what had drawn her to this particular type of film, Miranda replied, "...it was so different than anything I'd done before. And even though I really do like comedy a lot, I really have always liked horror films. Especially this kind of horror film because it's not really like a slasher movie; it's more of a thriller. I'm really happy that I got to be a part of it." -Genevieve Olin

hiyaboyos Not entirely sure how to categorize this movie. It's definitely not horror or a thriller. Most likely someone's idea of suspense. Too bad there wasn't a true suspenseful moment. I would not recommend this movie. The story is really nothing original as it has bits and pieces from other movies. The acting is nothing special. Without giving details, it is basically one person has experiences that can't be explained, they are shared with someone else that doesn't believe them. The first person is believed mentally unstable. Nothing new. The extremely slow build-up does not deliver so much as the bat of an eyelash. Not much of a build up at all. Pretty lame actually.In a nutshell its just boring. If you want to see how boring, knock yourself out. Its a waste of an hour and a half.