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Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

HAUNTER is a pretty dreadful teen horror film, which is a pity given that the guy who directed it is none other than Vincenzo Natali, who of course made the wonderful CUBE. He actually references CUBE throughout this movie in terms of some of the plot twists and single-setting location, although this is a very different kind of product.HAUNTER is your usual haunted house horror with a twist: the main character is stuck in a time loop that sees her going through events time and again. THE OTHERS is a definite inspiration here, but it doesn't count for much when the film is so murky and unappealing. I have no idea who Abigail Breslin is or why she was cast in the central role, but she's completely out of her depth and impossible to take seriously as the lead.There's one cool horror scene set around a family dinner table which is absolutely spoilt by Breslin's fake and cheesy reaction shots, no matter how cool the effects are otherwise. And the film as a whole feels slow and unfocused, another one influenced by the success of TV'S American Horror Story. Stephen McHattie (A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE) makes a good villain but even he is underutilised here.

(Spoilers are clearly labeled and bracketed)So I started watching this film as some background noise whilst doing some editing at home and i found my self being drawn in by it. I had one of those moments where I paused the film to go get a coffee and was overjoyed to find I wasn't even half way through (you can't tell me you've never experienced this, even when watching Interstellar or 2001 a Space Odessy which easily required 3 coffee breaks to contemplate what I had just witnessed). This film has twists and turns, full of emotion and you genuinely feel for what the daughter and the family are going through and I think a lot of this is down to some fantastic casting and terrific acting by all parties involved. It's award nominations were well deserved.Although you'll find yourself being pulled through various levels of reality its not so disconnected that you cant keep track. The end is wonderful and despite being an atheist I couldn't help but hope that in some way we all find something like this when we move on (SPOILER: Just saying, if I moved on and found myself reunited with my dad and relatives who had passed on in a Nexus like existence it would be a wonderful thing).Enjoy the movie.

Five minutes into the movie I'm thinking: "Oh, no. Another scary movie with a petulant teenager with behavior problems though she comes from a decent family." Not too long after that she reveals that she and her family have been reliving the same day over and over yet she is the only one that realizes it, hence the attitude towards her parents. The movie got significantly better from there.Although "Haunter" stole some ideas from other movies that's not an issue because what is truly original anymore? There were a few hair raising and bogeyman moments but the movie was built upon the situation Lisa (Abigail Breslin) and her family were in and how they could get out of it.Abigail was the star of the movie and she held her own. As for the story, it was decent and there weren't any SMH moments from anyone doing cliché scary movie stunts.

Teenager Lisa (Breslin) is literally repeating the same day over in over in the style of the film Groundhog Day. Her family in the house doesn't understand what she is saying and a thick fog surrounds her house not allowing her to leave. This time warp she is caught in also has an evil force in the scary vision of a Pale Man (McHattie) who keeps warning Lisa to leave things alone. Lisa soon discovers her level of reality can be broken as she warps into the body of a girl in the future named Olivia (Eleanor Zichy) who is trying to make contact with Lisa. Realizing that Olivia is actually contacting her spirit, Lisa realizes she is dead along with the rest of her family. She can still save Olivia from her fate in the future. Director Vincenzo Natali and Writer Brian King challenge the audience to keep up with this layered story as it unfolds through the eyes of young Lisa. The story is both clever and compelling and the movie plays out almost like a mystery. There are some shocks that deliver jump scares and a certain eerie feeling that Natali keeps for the entire film. Solid performances especially from lead Abigail Breslin makes this an engaging horror film that plays out well.