A new horror/suspense film opened this past week, and I wanted to make sure that I had a chance to see it. I was hoping to see it on Thursday before Deadpool & Wolverine, but there was only one showing for Oddity on that day and it would overlap with D&W.

That meant that I made time today to go see the film.

According to IMDB, “A psychic medium attempts to uncover the truth behind her sister’s murder at the site of the crime.” There is not much for the synapsis here, but it is generally what happened.

This was a new version of a haunted house type story and it was very successful in creating a creepy feel.

I did have some trouble following the story at first as there were a lot of details that were difficult to grasp, but as it moved along, things got much clearer and helped with the enjoyment of the film.

Carolyn Bracken did a nice job as both of the sisters in the movie, Darcy and Dani. She provided the spooky tone to both characters and kept the tragic aspects of the film for the audience to see. There were plenty of other frightening characters involved including ones played by Tadhg Murphy, Johnny French and Steve Wall.

Gwilym Lee played Ted, the husband of the murdered sister, Dani, and he did an excellent job as well.

The film was amazing with the sound design and music cues. These helped manage that mood and kept the audience on edge as the film progressed.

Overall, I thought this was pretty decent, though I did have some initial problems with it. I did like the manner in which the film wrapped itself up. This is an unexpected gem in the horror genre, directed by  Damian McCarthy.

3.75 stars