I would say "A for effort"; however, it does not appear Chris Stokes put as much effort into the script as he did into the clothes, hair, scenery, etc. Here we have the stereotypical characters in another slick movie on BET: all beautiful, thin/shapely/muscular, apparently super successful with a money to burn (look at the houses, cars - nothing wrong with that but oh come on...smh). This movie is super slow and drags in the beginning. Bad dialogue and even worse acting. The wonderful Loretta Devine and Wood Harris are definitely miscasted as Brian's mother and Detective Tucker, respectively and the dynamics between the characters are not only predictable (of course there would be a successful professional lawyer who is friends with a ghetto hood chic, eye roll) but sooo lazy and overdone.

Crazy loopholes all over the place, weird plot lines, unnecessary attempts at suspense that are laughable, oddly place music, uncomfortable silence (people don't talk like this!) and don't get me started on the flashbacks. No continuation, strange pacing and just plain weird set ups (Nicole talking to Brandi in one scene but then she's shown in the next scene dead due to an apparent overdose - huh??). Murders happen but the audience doesn't see them (just the aftermath)...I could go on.

Here's my list of issues with this, um "movie" (I definitely had to shorten this, otherwise it would have been 10 pages long):

1. The beginning scene at the camp - no details, no history, no introduction to characters (who the heck are these people?). And where are the camp counselors?!

2. Nicole's a lawyer yet she won't have a conversation with her husband who she thinks is cheating (talking is part of her profession for goodness sake). Really? They tell everyone they have this wonderful relationship yet they apparently have no communication on what really matters. Oh, he leaves her several times to go on business trips after a break in, even after she expresses her fear of being alone. Come on Lawyer. Ding, ding, ding. RED FLAG!

3. Ghetto Tammy is too much, but it's BET so there has to be a ghetto Tammy who does too much.

4. Why is Detective Tucker interviewing Brian after Brandi's death as if he knew her or had a connection to her??

5. Again, weird flashbacks inserted at the oddest times.

6. Hmmm...that's a pretty huge house for a criminal lawyer and her husband (I didn't care enough to remember his profession). I'm just saying. Geez. Can someone say overkill with the scenery.

7. Nicole's (again, she's a lawyer!) arrested after Sommer's death and she willingly answers questions without being read her Miranda rights. She DOES THIS FOR A LIVING y'all. UM, KEEP SILENT so nothing can be used against you, remember?

8. Again, the police. Laughable. They must have trained at the Barney Fife Academy.

9. Nicole's friend dies in their home yet she's not more distraught? Wow, life goes on I guess.

10. They tortured Peter as kids, yet revenge took that long? Why not try to avenge the torture as teenagers and why just the girls and not the boys?! Was there anyone who didn't figure out Brian was Peter after the Paige revelation? And why the weird voice change Peter? He waited 4 years after marriage to finally snap? Um, okay. Oh, and the end scene? Too much to even write, but Detective Tucker going out alone to find Nicole with no back-up and Nicole could still fight back after being punched and thrown around like a rag doll? Pure tomfoolery, which pretty much sums up this farce of a movie.

A teenage girl writing a horror story to be asked by her teacher "write a horror story". Very childish for this movie.

Despite all of the negative feedback, this isn't a terrible film. It was entertaining and had a few twists. A dark story that might be based on a true story, and it felt a bit chilling in places with the ghosts. I found this tense and weird. The acting was just not awful as people make out.