d./w./p. Ian Lewis;
cast: Abigail McKern, Eleanor Howell, Ben Cartwright, Charlotte Ammerlaan,
Anita Elias, Kevin Analuwa, Yvonne Riley
Intriguing and
original ghost story bolstered by some strong acting which more than makes up
for a few cut-price visual effects. Joanne and Nick are small-time crooks running
a fake psychic/burglary racket who need to hide somewhere when a victim’s son
rumbles them. Abandoning their car, they find an isolated house beside a lake.
This is home to young, confident Naiad and Queenie, who is convinced that
Joanne is her long-lost daughter. The complex story involves a portal to
another realm, with Joanne an intrinsic part of the tale and Nick the sceptical
mortal caught up in it all. Two ghostly children pop up occasionally. The
gradual build-up of spookiness is well-handled in Lewis’ script and direction,
with all three leads taking the material seriously. Rumpole offspring McKern is
particularly good as the enigmatic Queenie. Lewis’ only other feature was the equally obscure Enchantress. Originally released on the now defunct Indiereign website in June 2008, this has been unavailable for some years and deserves another chance.
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