Another typical Hollywood horror B-movie. This one riffs on the likes of CHILDREN OF THE CORN and THE WICKER MAN in the tale of a small town hiding a dark secret. A new and boring family move into the community, where they're soon assailed by mysterious events and characters harbouring dark secrets.

It's a long-winded and slow-paced story and one that doesn't offer up a whole lot of interest, it has to be said. NOTHING LEFT TO FEAR actually does better when focusing on the non-horror elements like characterisation and character interaction and falls down when it comes to the cheesy horror scenes, augmented with CGI ghostly faces as they are. It also relies too much on jump scares and clichéd, derivative moments for effect when really it should be offering something new.

The cast aren't too bad, although they are given little enough to work with. Anne Heche is unrecognisable from her early Hollywood roles in the likes of SIX DAYS, SEVEN NIGHTS; she plays the suburban mother here. Rebekah Brandes isn't too bad either, although as with Alexandra Daddario in Texas CHAINSAW 3D, she's given little to do other than wander around in a skin-tight t-shirt. Clancy Brown is the best thing in it, but he doesn't have enough screen time.

Dan (James Tupper),his wife Wendy (Anne Heche),and their three kids; Rebecca (Rebekah Brandes),Mary (Jennifer Stone),and Christopher (Carter Cabassa) move to the rural town of Stull, Kansas. Dan is the new pastor joining Pastor Kingsman (Clancy Brown). Noah (Ethan Peck) is taken with Rebecca and then strange things happen.

For the first half, there are some things happening. None of it is scary. They are not creepy. They are at best functional horror tropes. The biggest issue is that nothing happens for a long time. The little bits of something are really nothing. Brandes is a little old to play a teen. Nobody in the family is that compelling. The horror only starts after the midway point and it's too late by then. Despite having Clancy Brown, even the scary parts are nothing. This is really a nothing horror. There is a structural loop around the story which could have been interesting but there is nothing connected to the loop. It all starts with the lust at first sight. He's too creepy for that. The only possible good part is still a nothing.

Pastor Dan (James Tupper) and his family move to the small town of Stahl(?). It is a quaint town but seems slightly odd. Rebecca (Rebekah Brandes) the token eye candy daughter has nightmares and develops a liking for Noah (Ethan Peck) the son of the out going preacher (Clancy Brown). You know the town has a secret and at some point it has a nice eerie Thomas Tryon feel to it.

The ending was fairly decent, but the film didn't come together. The events in the film didn't tie into anything, it just happened because that was the way things should happen. The acting was decent. The film took time to develop character, perhaps a bit too much at the expense of a decent horror scene. There are ways to build character quickly and effectively. The scenes were good, but collectively the story fell.

Will make for an acceptable rental. I believe this will be part of a multi-pack in a year or so.

Parental Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.