Secrets in the Walls (2010)

That was an excellent one.

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Fairly well made TV movie with every cliché from every haunted house movie imaginable. Didn't really feel the chemistry between the actors as the script nor scenes pushed for it, that said they did a reasonable job to at least pass the illusion of being a modern American family. One other small irk was when the family were to break down said wall from the title, a horrendous album song called breaking down the walls was played as I thought we were going to be treated to some eighties style a 'la revenge of the nerds type montage. Apart from that scene which completely felt out of sync with the rest of the movie, the rest of the film brought you along with it and to be fair,wasn't the worst 86 minutes to fill your time with, but just don't expect anything new here. Average in every way possible..

Let me summarize the first part of the movie quickly:Single woman with two kids moves into dilapidated, old mansion she gets cheap because the owner is out of town, inherited it and just wants to sell it quickly.A slightly clairvoyant youngest daughter who can sense and see things that no one else can who everyone thinks is just frightened of a new place.Happy –go-lucky scenes to begin with complete with a renovation scene with happy family rock and dancing ala "Cheaper by the Dozen" (the new one with Steve Martin).A scene of a mysterious hole in the wall that shows a creepy hand after the family stops looking into it.A creepy music box that plays without being wound. Images of creepy, dead people suddenly appearing in the mirror or behind a doorway that the victim doesn't originally see. …except for the slightly clairvoyant youngest daughter who gets terrorized nd still not believed.Unexplained bloody nose. Creaking doors and flickering lights.Sudden scaring of the older daughter and doors that suddenly jam with scary music being played and the older daughter that now BELIEEEEEVES! But is of course written off as simply being stressed out.The slightly clairvoyant little girl who realizes the scary dead girl ghost "wants us to know something…"You can probably guess the ending from there. No need to explain the rest. Kind of sad to see Jerri Ryan – 7 of 9, the 'Borg from Star Trek – reduced to this. I love a classic ghost story, but this is so textbook, cookie cutter it would be difficult to scare a 10 year old with it. Quite frankly, I've seen episodes of "A Haunting" which dramatizes slightly famous real-life haunting s that have made popular culture. Even "Ghost Hunters" is more entertaining.Jerri Ryan seems to have aged more than the 10 years in between Star Trek: Voyager and this movie. :'( And as was said earlier, this does have all the feeling of a great afternoon show for the lady viewers of the Lifetime Network LOL.But, if you decide you really want to watch this, I'd record it (unless you can find it on Hulu or Netflix) because the 2-hour TV movie is only about 80 minutes after you subtract 40 minutes of commercials using fast-forward. -sigh...-

Don't waste 2 hours of your life you'll never see again, unless you really like Jeri Ryan, who can act her way out of a haunted house. Actually, all of the acting is pretty decent. A mother (Jeri Ryan) and her two daughters move into a historic home, and experience some strange happenings. After researching the house's history at the local library, the mom discovers a young bride who lived there in the 1950's disappeared. After discovering the woman's remains behind a wooden panel, police say they'll investigate. They believe the woman's spirit is now at peace, but their nightmare has just begun.Now, if you're expecting them to solve the ghost's cold case, you'll be disappointed. There's really no 'why' as to most of the things that happened in this movie. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

This haunted house movie contains "all" the clichés of the genre. The spirit trapped in the house where its bodily remains are still hidden. The ghost in the bathroom mirror. The research into the house's past at the public library. The jewelry box starting to play its tune by itself. The spiritualist lady. And so on.Still, the movie is not over when one believed it would be over - with the finding of the skeleton. Instead, there is a new, sinister development - although this was also, for a horror movie buff like me, quite predictable. As for the ghost, it was a little tame. It ought to have been more scary-looking.Still, the movie was quite entertaining, and sometimes even exciting and a little scary! I also liked how they portrayed the single mum-two kids relation, and the mother's feelings about her little girls growing up. I could relate a lot to that!