Written by Scott Edwards The fear of losing a family member is something that nobody should have to go through, but so often they do. Turning their lives upside down to make ends meet is something that we hear on a daily basis for people experiencing the fight to keep their family member alive and it seems for them, there is no end in sight. Giving up everything that was important to them, it is a miracle when everything comes to an end and they are able to get back on their feet. No matter what the cost is, so many people give everything they have without question and would do it again in a heartbeat to save a loved one and that should be commended when all is said and done. Driving back and forth between the hospital and their home, Sara Campbell is having a more difficult time every day watching as her son Matt continues to suffer in the back of the car. Knowing that the drive hurts him, she is looking for an alternative and the thought of finding a house closer to the hospital seems like the only way. While Matt is getting his cancer treatment, Sara takes to the road and finds a house that would be perfect for her family, but it has one flaw that the landlord lets her know about. But when driving back home and seeing that Matt is worse off than ever before, she pulls the trigger and lets the rest of the family know that they are moving to a new home. Before the rest of the family shows up, Sara offers Matt the opportunity to pick his own room and her son decides on the basement. Saying it picked him, he would rather be out of the way of his younger siblings, especially when he starts to get sick again. But there is something else about the room that has grabbed his attention as there is another locked room in the basement and he is dying to find out what is behind the door. When the rest of the family shows up, little Billy and Mary pick their own rooms while niece Wendy gets assigned the room with the great painting on the wall and Peter and Sara of course get the master. Everything seems great in the house, but Matt is seeing things moving around and since these visions do not seem to be going away, he needs someone to talk to. Reverend Popescu who is in the same treatment program offers Matt a helpful ear when it comes to dealing with the dead. With both of them being so close to death, it is like opening a doorway to the other side and the dead like to take that as an opportunity to be seen and heard. None of this is reassuring at all for Matt, since he just wants to find a way how to make them stop so he can live the remainder of his days in peace, but when his little brother Billy gets stalked by a ghost and Mary falls through the attic floor, Matt and Wendy find out the dark secret that the old house is holding on to. With the house being build atop a former mortuary, the two also find out that the previous owner Ramsey Aickman and his understudy Jonah used the building for séances and over time, Aickman found a way to improve the power of his medium to channel the dead. Passing their story on to the Reverend, he tries to help, but is thrown out when Sara finds out that there is a stranger in her house, but little does she know who else is there with her family that can only be seen by those who are close to death themselves. It has been a couple years since I watched this the first time, but sitting and watching it again, I am a little more impressed with it. I really liked the backstory the house got and the dark practices by Aickman being shown on the screen, especially when the dead take Jonah from the land of the living. The fear that Matt not only shows for dying but being kicked off of the medical trial that he is a part of is great and he sees that keeping anything hidden is no good for his chance for recovery. Matt’s father Peter could have used a little more story, as you see him break down and go back to his old habits that got him in trouble with the family, who knows how long ago, but he is fighting spirits of his own throughout. Sara really had the best all-around story, trying to keep her family from falling apart when everything seems to be crumbling in front of her face. I like the family, I like the games they play and how each member tried to cope with the imminent demise of Matt in the house, even though they want him to get better, there is very little that even science can do to save him, but maybe a greater force can. Stay Scared.
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