Michael Clark (Jeremy Childs) is a suicide victim in the first as we see him laying on a slab in the Metro General Hospital in Atlanta. He is very dead but not for long as he ambles out of his body bag into an empty bed in the hospital. I didn't notice what happened to the toe tag. Coroner Edward Graham conducts an investigation for the missing corpse while Dr. Daniel Forrester (Shane Carruth) quietly treats the un-admitted patient. A big no-no.

The two plots come together at the end of the feature as Michael Clark is the "Mouth of Death."

The film builds slow. There is not much of a scare factor, but I liked the direction and editing as a substitute for "A" listers I think Steve Buscemi or John Goodman would have made a more entertaining Michael Clark.

Guide: No F-words, sex, or nudity.

Don't expect too much from this horror mystery movie. It isn't a big budget movie but to me it's certainly worth a watch. I liked it more than my wife did, aspecially the slow pace that added to the mystery. You can't help it to be interested the whole time about what the hell is happening and that's a good feeling when you watch a movie in the mystery genre. The horror passages are mild but still interesting enough for a low budget. The acting wasn't bad at all and the storyline is worth a watch, why should I complain?

Wonderful and much underrated, this is a very scary affair. The inevitable low budget is not apparent because the acting is so good across the board and the hospital setting for much of the action is so effective. Brilliantly directed with marvellous central performance from Shane Carruth as the troubled psychiatrist and stunning support from Jeremy Childs as the dead and alive victim and monster, this starts with a worrying rush and gets faster and more scary along the way. The scenes of the incredibly busy psychiatric hospital with its varied unfortunates are especially effective, as is the final and far reaching conclusion. Brilliant.