Horror films set in abandoned hospitals have been done before and it must come as no surprise that this one suspiciously sounds very similar to Session 9 which is scarier and superior in every way!

The plot of this film sees Rosalyn (Foster) take a night job in a creepy hospital that is being closed soon to collate hard copies of old patients medical records. Soon she begins to see things at night that might be real or could be supernatural and as there have been a number of murders in the local area recently she begins to suspect that this hospital and maybe someone in it is linked to these. Throw in a weird doctor, a local cop who is a tad dodgy and a boyfriend that does seem to care really about her and life for Rosalyn looks like it may not turn out too good!

This film starts well with a woman being chased through the streets by an unseen assailant and then as she runs up to the doors of the hospital and finds it closed we see her killed from behind by said killer. Okay so far, and shooting it on grainy DV it makes good use of the CCTV cameras in the hospital, which show us empty corridors. This type of shot also works to create a good sense of atmosphere and tension much like in some other Japanese horror films like Dark Water.

However, soon the cracks in the story begin to show and what starts as a promising idea degenerates into cliche, and becomes yet another completely predictable beast.

The writer Lawrence Robinson here giving us his second script manages to shoe horn almost every horror convention in the book into the film and has contributed along with director Andrew Shortell with giving the audience a chance to see exactly how not to make a horror film and how to at the same time! Let me explain here that this is in turn demented genius as it so closely follows conventions established over 100 years it also tries and fails to subvert them meaning that if you watch this to simply learn how to make a good horror film then you will get something great from it. But if you watch this expecting something original and scary then you won’t!

The central performance from Foster is okay for what it is, and her boyfriend Cole played by Gabriel Manns is passable in his moody and often nearly abusive way he treats her meaning that he becomes a prime suspect for the murders early on. The filmmakers must have pulled in some favours to get Cary Elwes to play Dr Clement and Michael (Terminator) Biehn to play Det. Marling and despite their short screen time they both are as excellent value as ever.

The supporting cast does what they can to drive the poor story forward and the music is merely suitable for its horror purpose. The direction from Shortell is alright as he hits his scary scenes with gusto and does in places provide some spooky moments but as the script is so un-original and clichd it adds nothing new to the long established horror cannon of films.

So it’s nowhere near as clever as it thinks it is, if you’re a horror fan then you will figure it early on and you may wonder like me if a horror film can ever be good if its certificate 15? See this at the cinema? No, rent it cheap on DVD in about well 2 months I reckon!