An American film producer named Marie returns to her homeland, Russia, where her Mother's dead body has been found under bizarre circumstances. She never knew her, having been adopted and brought to America as a baby. The only clue to what might have happened is an isolated, abandoned farm in the mountains that supposedly belonged to her natural parents. Being the only next of kin, she inherits the place, but no one will take her there as local superstitions state that the area is haunted. Only one man will help her, a stranger that oddly seems to know quite a bit about her history. But once arrived, the guide mysteriously disappears, forcing Marie to explore the derelict location alone. She discovers someone else on the property, Nikolai, who claims to have been lured there exactly in the same manner, so he could discover the truth behind his unknown past as well. They become stranded in the immense compound, plagued by terrifying ghosts and visions.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the only way that anyone knows about this movie is because of the movie posters and numerous internet ads with the baby doll head with different colored eyes and blood trickling out of one of them. I should mention that the massively advertised doll has nothing to do with this movie and is not featured at any point. I digress. This movie overall was decent. The beginning was brutally boring. The middle with the two people trying to figure out what is going on and the ghostly visions was awesome. Then, the end seemed a little bit too choppy to me with the going back and forth between the past and present before everything finally came together. Average out the three parts of the movie and you get a pretty decent suspense/thriller. I definitely think it could have been better, but it could have been a whole lot worse. For the record, WW liked this movie a lot more than I did which would make me think that horror/thriller movie buffs would probably really like this one.
I would moderately recommend this movie. It never really went wide in theaters, but is kind of worth the rental fee if you like these kinds of movies.
