The ten-year-old girl Emma Wright (Hayley Law) is admitted in the Hollybrooke mental institution after being accused of killing her mother and sister. She claims that an evil supernatural entity named Stickman has killed her family after being summed by a poem, and she has frequent nightmares with him. Her only friend is the teenager Jeremy (Erik Knudsen), who also knows the Stickman. After several years, Dr. Fenton (Anthony Lemke) replaces her former doctor and implements a different treatment to Emma. She also learns how to trap the Stickman. One year later, she is considered healed and is sent to a foster home managed by Mrs. Hill (Valerie Buhagiar). She immediately befriends the teenager Paige (Sara Garcia) and is introduced to the rebel Liv (Zoé De Grand Maison); Tess (Sarah Fisher); Andrea (Alanna Bale) and Kate (Marianna Phung). However, Liv opens her bag, takes a handwritten poem and reads it loud. Now Emma advises that Liv has summoned the Stickman and they will all be dead, unless she succeeds to trap the being again. But she needs to meet Jeremy first and she returns to Hollybrooke.
"Stickman" is a Canadian horror movie for the Sci-Fi channel with a supernatural being summoned by a poem, like, for example, "Candyman" when his name is repeated five times in front of a mirror. The plot is not bad as indicated by many reviews and fans of slashers will not be disappointed. The cliffhanger in the conclusion is not good and is only to leave a hook for a possible sequel. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Stickman - O Pesadelo à Espreita" ("Stickman - The Nightmare Is Lurking")
