My God What is this film ?. A movie without music will be a piece of nothing. music is present in every part, in order to cover the overall weakness Bad performance. A meaningless story. Boring. The only acceptable thing is the place.

The first 14 minutes introduces the characters at the remote Black Rock Manor. We meet the creepy caretaker Sylus Scorpius with a name out of Harry Potter. The surname of the family is Whipley and Crimson Rose is the new maid. From the opening sadistic teaser scene, we know things are not what they seem.

The film then jumps to "One year later" for no other reason than to make the maid look comfortable in her surroundings. A stranger appears. Soon there is murder, madness, and a disappearance.

The characters and atmosphere were great. I wasn't sure of the era. The house didn't have electricity. Later photos are discovered as well as a tape recorder. The recorder still played after sitting there for years. They didn't even have to change out the batteries, the part of the film I found most unbelievable.

We uncover the twisted plot at the end. Clues are laid out throughout the script in a way that made it difficult to tie them together. I didn't find the back story leading up to the events that engaging, especially since they talked about the scenes instead of showing the graphic details.

DVD includes outtakes, deleted scenes, and behind the scenes. English subtitles available.

Guide: A few F-words at the end. MM sex. Nudity.