Mischa Barton plays a woman questioning her faith in religion, after enduring a tragedy. She starts experiencing some strange phenomena in her life. Someone she cares about disappears and evidence seems to indicate he went, willing or otherwise, to the top floor of his apartment building. The only problem with that, is the building used to be a mental hospital and the top floor is an abandoned, haunted hellhole. After the police don't believe her, she and three friends must brave the eerie hallways to try to find him.
The movie is very slow paced, during its almost two hour length. The first part of the movie is the build up to the horror-filled second half.
The acting is good, and in a rare feat for a horror movie, the characters are actually intelligent. They don't foolishly do stupid things, to create further plot complications due to lazy writing. The story was interesting and unpredictable. The movie doesn't dumb itself down to explain things to the viewer.
of those hallways. Once the four characters get off the elevator to start the search, the dread in the air and the danger they face is apparent and equally felt by anyone watching the movie. These are the qualities that really make a good horror movie.
While very well done, the movie is not perfect. At times it gets a little too crazy. It also might not be for people with attention deficit disorder. I would give it 4 out of 5 stars.
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