The Return (2008)

Summary: Joanna is determined to learn the truth behind the increasingly terrifying visions that have been haunting her. Her private life has been difficult as she’s estranged from her father and stalked by an obsessed ex-boyfriend. She sees and feels the brutal murder of a young woman she's never met, at the hands of a killer who appears to be making Joanna his next target. Determined to find out more, Joanna is guided by her nightmares to the murdered woman's hometown. Once there, she will discover that that the murder she is trying to solve may be her own.           Overall: There is a lot to this movie which seemed to have been done before. The trailer itself just reeked of about 10 other movies which shocked me when I noticed Sarah Michelle Geller had agreed to star here. Once the film is complete, you may find, as I did, that it had a fairly interesting chronology of events. Once you realize what happened and why and how things connect, you can go “oh, ok…that’s cool.” Then of course you sit there and wonder what took so long? It’s a long confusing movie with lots of red herrings and even more, no reason to understand how despite the truth, how she gets connected to this spirit, all these years later. That makes no sense. The film plods along too slowly at times to be fun and is too confusing to be scary. It’s hard to be scared and frightened when you spend too much time trying to piece everything together. Really no reason to watch this.           Comparison: The Grudge meets The Ring

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