Rating: R
Genre:
Horror
Theatrical Release: 11/17/2006(USA
Release Date: 03/27/2007
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 86 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Lionsgate
Mitchell Altieri and
Phil Flores (aka the
Butcher Brothers) break big on the
horror scene with this low-budget frightener concerning a picture-perfect suburban family who harbors a particularly dark secret. When their parents are killed in a tragic accident, eldest Hamilton sibling
David (
Samuel Child) relocates the surviving family members to a quiet California suburb and assumes the responsibility of caring for his orphaned siblings
Wendell (
Joseph McKelheer),
Darlene (
Mackenzie Firgens), and
Francis (
Cory Knauf). While twins
Wendell and
Darlene seem to share a bizarre bond that separates them from the rest of the siblings,
Francis acquires a video camera that previously belonged to his deceased parents and sets out preparing a school project about his family. As the all-seeing lens of
Francis' roving camera begins to reveal that something malevolent is going on inside the Hamilton's picturesque abode and his reluctant siblings find their decidedly unconventional existence suddenly threatened, the youngest sibling is forced to choose between following his family into a murderous tradition or sparing the lives of future victims by betraying the only people who ever seemed to care for him.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide