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Warning, do not fast forward any part of this, you might miss something that explains what is going on and you will be forced to rewind it and watch it again.

Veronica Grey (Morgan Boss-Maltais) did play this part well, however, with the pace of the movie a little slow and the runtime too long for this story, I lost interest in the plot and the story itself became a "what" "huh" moment, more than once.

Mrs Bloom (Carla Kidd) play off against Miss Grey well, sometimes and other times her presence was like the "what" "huh" moments I mentioned above.

Joe (Adonis Ringo) brought nothing but "huh" moments to the story, he did this rather well. Perhaps he was only included because his name was Adonis.

I realised that while writing this, I dropped the rating down to 3 "what" says something about the movie. I'm hoping that Morgan Boss-Maltais gets some better roles. Would I recommend this? Nope.

Non spoiler review: First thank you Harrow House. It appears to be a horror movie that has a very tight budget. So I was intrigued from the beginning to the end. If you expect the highest presentation this movie ain't it.

I love human behavior. I love to study people. Why would this girl/woman who appeared to be intelligent go with a complete stranger to a house 3 hours away?

She was not the least prepared to work with a dementia patient. The job paid a lot so why would they hire someone who was unsure of her ability to do the work?

There are many questions that need to be answered to make this cohesive. They have been covered in the comment section. The charming home had a "Weird" Vibe as did the old woman and Charles. The music added to the intrigue and I really wanted to know what they were up to?

I would recommend this movie to those who can look past the lower end of the spectrum films. I appreciate that not all films are Oscar bound I couldn't wait until the ending came so that I could determine what was going on. It was worth the wait, but this movie isn't for everyone. To me it wasn't as much a horror film, but a suspenseful one.

There is little to no consistency in the character's makeup between scenes. That's just one of my pet peeves. The main character misses so many red flags that it is absolutely absurd, and you just want to slap her across the face. Then the character of the Alzheimer's riddled Mother, just does not ring true at all. Her Alzheimer's behaviors do not come and go, in an organic way. She usually comes off as a nasty hateful person who has her witts about her, completely. There is literally only one scene where the patient has a fleeting moment of Dementia, then you never see it again. And it's not all due to the supposed effects of what is happening in the storyline. It appears to be bad story telling and bad editing. The story has so many gaping holes in the plot, that I don't understand how it got past an underwriter's desk.

I was pleasantly surprised with what I got out of this film. Given the budget I never stopped being impressed by how well this movie was done. Any low budget film requires good casting and talented crew members and this one clearly has those elements. This is not a jump scare horror film, if you are looking for that you won't get it. This is a slow burn that the soundtrack does a great job of establishing the mood for throughout. The film is not without flaws but I sincerely believe this it could stand up to 90% of the big budget horror films currently coming out of Hollywood. Any true fan of horror films should thoroughly enjoy this one.

There was some potential for something better here, but it wasn't awful. A low budget/street clothes affair with one dimensional sound design hold it back, as the muddled story pieces had me scratching my head, wondering when it was going to fit together to say something profound. Unfortunately, it never really does, but the track score and a few interesting scenes kept me in the seat long enough to see it through. OK for a low budget execution, however, it was a somewhat unsatisfying conclusion that leaves a plot hole or three that just didn't amount to much other than playing out the obvious.