A group of paranormal investigators strike out again while at the Lizzie Borden house. But luckily while on the case, they get a phone call about a suburban family being tormented by evil spirits. It seems odd that their case manager would call them in the middle of the night while they’re investigating, but maybe they have so few cases, the excitement level was high.
The next day the team heads over to the suburban home and sets up. Unfortunately for this family, the team is a walking soap opera. Lead investigator Paul wants to get back together with his ex, who keeps asking if she can be teamed with someone else. While team member Taylor is a total douche who plays practical jokes, digs through drawers during the investigation, and takes photos of peoples stuff.
After the team gets into a fight, team member Matt is so desperate for anything to happen, he yells at the ghost in an attempt to provoke it. The others wonder what he’s doing as they pack up and leave the investigation because no one can get along. I’m sure the traumatized family appreciates the lack of professionalism.
At this point, we’ve spent time with this cast of characters and the movie seems to be about Paul. But that is not the case as the film takes a huge left turn and we go home with Matt, a lesser known and less appealing character. What the heck, movie? Don’t just introduce us to a bunch of people as if they matter, and then leave them all behind in the dust.
Matt and his girlfriend Jamie have an uncomfortable relationship with a lot of passive aggressive behavior. They argue about who left the water on and feel justified in doing things to get back at each other for the supposed transgression. What makes this worse is that it wasn’t either one. It was the ghost.
When his girlfriend starts having paranormal experiences in their home, Matt doesn’t believe her. He’s a ghost hunter who is begging to find something to investigate, yet he makes excuses to justify everything she says happened to her. Screw you, Matt.
When Matt finally does realize something paranormal is in the home, a terrified Jamie insist on leaving. But Matt’s all caught up in ghost lust and says she’s overreacting because opportunities like this only come along once in a lifetime. A very confusing thing for a ghost hunter to say and if true, then no one should ever look for a ghost if they’ve seen one.
As with any ghost hunter who scoffs at the paranormal and then runs insanely into a dangerous haunting, things don’t go well for Matt, Paul, Jamie, or anyone else who gets in this ghosts path. But we don’t really care if anything happens to them since this isn’t particularly enjoyable due to characters who aren’t very appealing.
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