After Emma's father ends up critically incapacitated, in what she deems a freak accident.
She returns home to investigate.
Only to discover that it has something to do with a haunted radio.
The radio isn't just haunted by one ghost - but three.
A young girl, who repeatedly turns the radio on.
Her mother, who repeatedly turns the radio off, and incessantly hushes anyone making noise.
And an extremely violent man, who tries to strangle anyone who makes, even the slightest, sound.
After realizing that she can only see the entities when the radio is turned on.
She attempts to make contact with them, to learn more about who they are, and what exactly it is they want.
At first, it's hard to understand why she puts herself through the torment...instead of just leaving the house.
Or getting rid of the radio, for that matter.
But, to the credit of the writers, they do offer an explanation as to why the violent man demands absolute silence.
And why she can't just destroy the radio.
Even if the process to get there is relatively frustrating.
Mainly, because the acting is really, really bad.
The ambience is overwhelmingly dark.
You can tell they were trying to establish a symbolic atmosphere - about darkness having taken over the house.
But it comes off a bit forced, if not alienating.
Though, I imagine they felt they had to do this, because there isn't a whole lot of dialogue in the film.
Another problem the film suffers from, is that it plods on rather slowly, especially at the beginning.
And, when things do start to actually happen- after the ghost of the violent man possesses her boyfriend- the acting is way too over the top.
Rendering it more laughable, than it is scary.
I will give it to them, though, that they, at least, managed to tie up all the loose ends.
Which is it's only redeeming quality.
Though, they use this as an oppoutunity to set themselves up for an, arguably unwanted, sequel.
I'm actually surprised to hear (pun intended) that this actually made it to theatres.
As it seems more like a straight to Shudder - or even TubiTV- type feature.
So it's understandable to see so many paying viewers leaving notably upset - and feeling ripped off.
Because, as I previously mentioned, the acting is really really bad.
Which is hard to get over.
That being said...it's definitely not the worst horror film of 2023 (so far).
But it does suffer from a number of fatal flaws, which make it a struggle to sit through.
3 out of 10.
