From love to hate, there is one step. And what if a person dies, and his soul does not find peace, returns to the earth as a ghost, how much will the gallant mad hatred for the loved one, the survivor, increase? That’s the core of this film.
Initially, the movie seems like an average slasher. And not in vain - the first third is fully given to this direction. Only she has two interesting reservations: the first is the scene of a purely spa center, and the second is the full owner of the action is a mystical background. Thus, all the gradual murders are performed in the original spirit with the help of sports equipment and a specific environment, such as a hot sauna room or a shower engulfed by a wild poltergeist, of course, female to the delight of the male half of the audience. And with a well-twisted intrigue where it's completely unclear what exactly becomes the catalyst for mysterious accidents? There are a number of people who are suspicious of the wrongdoing. First, the protagonist and owner of the spa recently became a widower, as his wife committed an act of self-immolation, being unable to be in a wheelchair. This leads to trivial suspicions about the safety of a healthy psyche in the character. Secondly, the deceased has a twin brother who is a computer wizard who has created a special security technique of the room, where every door, security camera, procedural area - everything works from the main terminal under his control. Brotherly revenge is also an excellent motive, so that the viewer is confused in guesses. So, thirdly, obviously there are mystical glimpses: then the nut will turn on the springboard at the pool, then the pipe will burst what with hot steam ...
Summarizing the multi-part plot intrigue, you expect that the director will be great to lead us by the nose, giving out riddle after riddle, and even successfully hiding behind the scenes the true identity of the culprit. But, alas, by no means, at the onset of the second interval of the film, when the police detectives enter the case, the investigation is reduced to zero and the masks frankly fall away. It is not clear why it was so quick to deprive viewers of the opportunity to solve puzzles, creating only a full-fledged straight ghost horror movie. . .
Therefore, soon protrudes forward banal slasher with axe grace, but on a ghostly mystical base. And since we have only a slasher with a series of murders by unwritten law - especially girls, then we need to disassemble the performance of the scenes. They turned out without sagging, which pleases and constantly spurs attention, and interspersing magical powers in a ghost in white clothes helps to achieve good visual results. Definitely remember the exploding brush along with the revolver into small pieces or a “frantic” mixer. Others, on the contrary, are simple to think about. At the same time, sometimes there is a claim to originality and some unexpected shock moment, and sometimes the fuse is noticeably reduced.
The cast is selected acceptable for the level of the “middle hand” of the slasher: girls, when it is necessary to express horror, when it is necessary to scream and run away, not forgetting not to too wrap themselves in clothes. Famous lyceums do not meet, except that at least somehow recognizable because of the frequent play for many years in the horror genre Ken Foree, and honored people, such as Romero (Dawn of the Dead) and Gordon (From Beyond), but usually in secondary roles.
Selecting makeup is not to say that he is on top, and that thrash is in decline; I would define it as an intermediate middle ground.
There is something that the filmmakers failed to do. Must still be minimal budgetary funds, showing involuntary dullness to the cadres, where there must be generous moments of spectacle. They serve as a scourge for one of the "three whales" of the story, which contribute to a favorable base of high praise. The second suffers the unenviable fate of falling from a two-fold fascinating, but uninnovated plot, with a good preparation of intrigue between mysticism and reality, but so ineptly with his own hands opened the cards to the audience very early, not allowing to fantasize. But the last “whale” is untouched, he on a shaky balance saves the movie from the abyss of complete failure, storing a constant action in the frame, passing the baton from the “secret of Polichinel” between the characters, sometimes shaking the “picture” with unexpected tricks of a vengeful ghost. I do not want to touch on babes and a couple of absurdities, because they are a frequent attribute for slashers, which has become a parable in tongue, not requiring a detailed thorough analysis of the characters who always behave in a way that should not be conducted according to all logically justified hints of the instinct of self-preservation. Characteristics of the film, what can I say? . .
Summing up my introductory text, I can attribute the analyzed creation to the number of those horror films that, for the reasons mentioned above, are not able to reach the highest bar holding the audience by the bare nerve of empathy, but are not incompetently deplorable to become completely and completely uninteresting, because something catches the audience’s attention. And for the unusual entourage of a slasher in the expanses of a health club with all the ensuing consequences, and with generous mysticism, you also need to pay tribute. In addition, not so often there is a vengeful ghost using a computer to help in his atrocities.
6 out of 10