A single dad moves into a new house with his young daughter
and girlfriend. She tries to get along
with her future stepdaughter, but it’s clear from the get-go she’s a total
daddy’s girl. Before long, she’s hearing
strange noises in the house and even finds a hidden room in the wall. She tries to tell her hubby something
supernatural is going on and of course, he doesn’t believe her because he’s too
busy working all the time. Once they
realize the place is indeed haunted, they turn to a priest to get rid of the
evil.
We are Not Alone is a Peruvian version of an American
haunted house movie, but despite the language difference, it’s really just the
same old shit. Faulty TV reception,
ominous drawings by little kids, and balls bouncing down stairs all act as
harbingers of doom. It even ends with a
good old-fashioned exorcism.
Despite the overly familiar subject matter, it’s only 75
minutes long, which is a blessing, and it moves along at a decent pace. The film also benefits from the cool
grey-tinged cinematography. Too bad that
the bulk of the running time is devoted to a lot of fake scares, most of which
revolve around the stepdaughter springing up where she shouldn’t. They even trot out the old tried-and-true Jack-in-the-box
jump scare. I thought those went out of
style years ago.
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