After solving a deadly case, a husband-and-wife looking after their orphaned niece find that her connection to a special doll made by his company causes a sudden outpouring of supernatural activity towards them in retaliation for actions years ago and must find a way to contain the evil spirit.

For such a maligned film, this one turned out to be rather enjoyable. One of the strongest aspects here is the supernatural elements which are quite prominent creating a wholly chilling atmosphere. The opening sequence of them rescuing the possessed woman in the house offers a nice start here by dropping us into this world rather early, while the eerie sequence of the daughter searching for her mother in the darkened house during the driving rainstorm after playing the board game to contact her offers up some nice imagery. Once this moves on to trying to drive the mother crazy, this one provides some outright chilling sequences that work rather well. The common trope of a child's toy being used for a ghost-finder throughout the house brings about some great scenes of her searching the house alone or interacting off-screen with what she claims is her mother are what really bring some great times this one. This early setup for the film allows for more fun to occur in the second half. Already fully aware of something going on, the film ratchets up the tension and scares with the explosion of supernatural activity. The fateful vacation trip to the tropical island is rife with incredible scenes, from the collection of shells along the beach where they mention the mother's presence at the location all along, a traumatic burial in the sand where they get pulled in and then quickly buried and follows that with a highlight reel montage inside the reception hall. From the piano ghost to the chase into the closet providing one of the greatest jump-scares in the film and coming back to include the final encounter with the husband. This extended and charged sequence makes for a truly chilling and creepy sequence that's far better than expected. Once back home, the seance ritual to understand the situation as well as the resolution of the opening confrontation offer up the expected setup for the action-packed finale that really works with the strong rituals and ceremonies presenting their battle with the demonic being around the factory where the doll is produced. Alongside the gory murders and fine demon makeup, these here are what hold this one up over it's few minor flaws. The main issue to contend with is the tolerance for cliches present, since this plays out almost exactly like other films involving this particular setup. It's not a surprise at all as to what's going on in the film because it rips so many scenes and tropes off from those films, ranging from writing off the child's stories of seeing the deceased around them, openly admitting to having disobeyed her instructions because of her mother and the disbelieving spouse who won't listen to reason due to the innocence of the child involved. Along with a favorable attitude towards jump-scares to pay off it's tenser moments, these are brought over from numerous other films all playing up this familiar concept. Likewise, the film's reliance on explaining everything through voiceover flashbacks gets rather tedious with it jumping around in the timeline and does offer up some confusion as to what's going on at the moment. Otherwise, there isn't much to dislike here.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence, Language and continuous themes of children-in-jeopardy.

Overrated, boring ,stupid plot film. No point to waste time for this trash.

Ever wonder what Kenny G would look like if he were to be possessed? Wonder no more. Some parts were good. Others made me wonder why I haven't stopped the movie. I really didn't care how it ended... so I opened Pinterest and had it playing on in the background. Husband fell asleep.