Taking a pleasure cruise together, a group of friends arriving at a villa in Turkey believes the strange incidents they encounter are related to a haunting years earlier only to find a far more sinister reason for their trip and must find a way of stopping it from continuing.
This here was quite the bland supernatural thriller. One of the more engaging elements present here is the fact that the film really manages to accomplish the feat of building it's supernatural storyline quite effectively, as this comes about rather nicely. While the first half really showcases a lot of them enjoying their trip and traveling together, the incidental scenes showing the presentation of the drinking glasses in the special arrangement, the statue of the previous owner erected in the garden outside and the significance that has with the macabre history of the villa and finally the discovery of the artifacts left behind which work in conjunction with the mysterious maid living there so well here in giving this one the desired feeling of a sinister, witchcraft-like presence in the house. It takes on a slightly more sinister air with the revelation that they've been watched over the entire time inside, and by going for the slow- building psychological route here it evokes a hypnotic spell over this one even without doing much in the way of action or horrific elements. That does change slightly once it gets to the final half which finally brings about some sense to the action with the reveal about the mysterious death and their connection with it all which really gives this a chilling build-up into the final act with the way this one carries out the final twist at the end in a rather dark manner. In conjunction with the fine copious nudity from the lesbian relationship intertwined within it all, there are some things to like here although the fact that there are a few big, detrimental flaws here does hold this one back. Among the film's main flaws here is the fact that there's just so much dead space in the film that isn't all that engaging or enjoyable as nothing really happens during these scenes. The main culprit in that regard is the travelogue footage of everybody running around the city shopping, taking in the sights and generally acting like tourists which isn't exciting or all that thrilling and to get as much of it as we do here makes for quite a challenging introduction to the film as it's not in the slightest bit engaging during these parts. Likewise, the fact that it really takes it's time building up the witchcraft and the history behind the villa that it really feels like a much longer time than usual is spent on the build-up rather than following through on the horror-based scenario that's being built-up alongside here which is where this one really falls off the rails. The fact that it's hardly ever concerned with building up its horror atmosphere that by the time it gets to the actual horror intentions at the end it's completely uninteresting and half-baked by the time it gets there, really making this one come off rushed, underwhelming and really misses the point of what the main storyline was telling since it's never been the intention throughout here. These here really hold this one back.
Rated Unrated/R: Full Nudity, Mild Violence and some sexual elements.
