This is not an ordinary horror film. It is more mystery than horror. Jenny (Daisy Keeping) has been away living with grandma Rose and then a boarding school. She takes off from boarding school to visit her estranged British father (David Brandon) near Lake Arezzo, Tuscany. It was here the ancient Etruscans would toss idols in the lake for healing purposes.
Dad is a doctor and is very stealthy. He ignores his daughter to her dismay and she is at odds with Olga (Joy Tanner ) the house keeper. Jenny meets a strange group of children who live in a weird nearby hospital. She visits and reads to them.
Jenny loves literature. She narrates about life and the lake usually quoting the poems of Shelly.
The film moved slow but was engaging. Some scenes gave me flashbacks to "Lady in the Water" which the film has nothing in common. I liked the idea of using the Lake of Idols and Etruscans as a background. I kept hoping they weren't going to make the Etrucans aliens. When the mystery was solved, I felt it was a let down. It was like adding a limerick to a Shelly poem. A "B" ending to what was developing to be an "A" mystery.
Better than most Redbox "B" horror rentals.
Parental Guide: No f-bombs, sex, or nudity.
Dad is a doctor and is very stealthy. He ignores his daughter to her dismay and she is at odds with Olga (Joy Tanner ) the house keeper. Jenny meets a strange group of children who live in a weird nearby hospital. She visits and reads to them.
Jenny loves literature. She narrates about life and the lake usually quoting the poems of Shelly.
The film moved slow but was engaging. Some scenes gave me flashbacks to "Lady in the Water" which the film has nothing in common. I liked the idea of using the Lake of Idols and Etruscans as a background. I kept hoping they weren't going to make the Etrucans aliens. When the mystery was solved, I felt it was a let down. It was like adding a limerick to a Shelly poem. A "B" ending to what was developing to be an "A" mystery.
Better than most Redbox "B" horror rentals.
Parental Guide: No f-bombs, sex, or nudity.