Newly divorced Sarah and her daughter Elissa find the house of their dreams in a small upscale rural town. But when startling and unexplainable events begin to happen Sarah and Elissa learn the town is in the shadows of a chilling secret.
Review
People don't seem to like this one much but I found it totally decent. It's probably better than it should be simply for the presence of Jennifer Lawrence who is just smoking hot. Okay she's a good actress too and gives a good performance. She won an Oscar last year for Silver Linings Playbook (much deserved in my book). Her tank top from this film should have been nominated for an award. Okay enough about how hot Lawrence is (very is the answer). The story here is decent if nothing special. Lawrence moving into a new home falls for the damaged teen down the street Max Thieriot (also pretty good). His horrifying past (his parents were murdered by his insane sister) is well known to the small town they live in. He harbors a few other secrets as well. This mostly wins for me because Lawrence comes off as a fairly smart horror heroine. The climactic sequence is really well done (shades of the climax of Wait Until Dark would have been nice to see this in the theater as I came really close to doing last year). Elisabeth Shue also costars as Lawrence's mom. She's still good looking and is a fine actress. I'd love to see her in a really good role at this point in her career.