Written by Scott Edwards There are plenty of reasons to take trips as a family, shoot, I have been on so many I cannot remember them all at this point. Getting away from the house and seeing the world with the ones you love can help to bring a new perspective to everyone and something new to bond over. Going to so many places over my years, the only adventures that I truly cherish are the trips I have taken with my loved ones, for one reason alone, seeing how they react. With eyes being opened to the outside world, it would be crazy to think what I would have become without these experiences. Going down to the Grand Canyon for a couple days with their friends, the Taylor family is living large on top of the world. With no worries about life and their everyday problems, they see that there are plenty of opportunities to do something new. Even their youngest autistic son, Michael, is seeing things firsthand that nobody ever dreamed about. But after falling into an old cave, Michael stumbles upon a set of ancient stones that he will cherish for the rest of his days. Returning home, Bronny starts to see that her son has a new imaginary friend that he is happy to talk to. But this friend has sort of a devious side as she is about to find out as water faucets are being left on and a strange odor has taken over the house. Michael knows exactly who is behind all of these strange actions and tells the family that it is his imaginary pal, Jenny, but no one is willing to believe him. While his older sister Stephanie is having problems of her own and trying to make herself skinnier from throwing up every meal and the father, Peter, is being tempted by a new hot young employee, Bronny is the only one trying to keep the house together. Watching as things are changing drastically around the house, Bronny dabbles with the thought that there might be a haunting going on and finds everything she can about what she has noticed. Not wanting to believe that her son might be in trouble, she comes across an old Anasazi legend of the bringers of darkness and it is matching what she has seen and heard for the past couple of weeks. Wanting to find out what is best for her son and get him back to his old form, Bronny tries to talk Peter into the idea, but he will not listen. That is until the events around the house start to get worse and Peter gets spooked by a coyote in his tree house and sees the shadow of what appears to be a buffalo in his son’s room. Knowing that there is something strange happening that they cannot explain, the family is forced to look for someone who has dealt with things like this before and find that it will come from someplace they never expected. I will admit that I only watched this movie because it had Kevin Bacon in it, so with that being said, it was not as bad as I expected. There is nothing revolutionary about the story as it is one that you have seen for years on end and the outcomes are always the same. I really liked the demon story that the family learned about, with the dead gods of the Anasazi planning to bring darkness to the world upon their return, definitely a new legend to look into. But besides that, it was pretty textbook to what you would expect a horror movie to bring and it is kind of a shame. There was not a very good storyline for the characters as well, which was also a shame as you don’t know who you should care about, especially when everything is about to hit the fan. With some fun scares, shadows, wild animals, ash and ghostly ash, it is a fine time killer, but will not deliver much more than that. Stay Scared.
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