I really doubted this movie, and didn't think that any of the three that I got from Netflix would be anything, especially this one.
My only hope is that it is an adaption of a Phillip Margolin novel, who I enjoy as an author but mainly as a large step up from Mary Higgins Clark. One of those plots with many twists that are made somewhat more plausible by this author than others that try this. This movie was done by Hallmark (another mark against it in my former opinion) in 2004 and directed by Armand Mastroinanni (I have started to appreciate how important it is to pay attention to who the director might be, haven't heard of him before, but thinking now that I will keep my eyes open.)
Very well told "mystery" of 172 minutes. This is a long time to keep my attention folks, and it did that. It is your serial killer mystery of something that starts up again (seemingly) 10 years later, a mystery man, various mystery woman, and secrets that go to the top. And despite the corniness of all that, I found it quite good.
I give it a 3 out of 5 stars. Mainly because of the commercial quality of it, whereas I like some horror movies and mysteries to be a bit more gritty and weird. So some might really prefer something like this to say, Texas Chainsaw Masacre, which interested me even more after I saw the documentary on how the project was done, and the lack of funds et. I was never going to watch that movie until husband got me the documentary. Course this movie is nothing like this, just disclosing why my ratings might seem weird to some who do not value some "weirdness" in their horror/mystery movies.
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