The Pact (2012)
REVIEWER RATING:
7/10
Modern indie films are generally hit or miss, but we occasionally get a gem in the bunch, which is what I would consider The Pact-- a film that's based on the short with the same name from writer/director Nicholas McCarthy. The movie is
proof that with the right talent, indie films can still overshadow bigger-budgeted mainstream horror pics.The story focuses on a young woman who returns to her childhood home after the death of her mother. While staying the night she finds herself plagued with strange noises and an eerie sense of someone or something else there. It's not until the following night that the presence in the house makes itself known, as she's thrown around by an invisible entity after her cousin suddenly disappears. She somehow makes it out've the
house with her niece safely in her arms. Naturally the authorities are stumped and she's forced to dig into her family's past and seek the aid from a local psychic in an attempt to discover a solution to her paranormal dilemma.
The Pact (2012)
Modern indie films are generally hit or miss, but we occasionally get a gem in the bunch, which is what I would consider The Pact-- a film that's based on the short with the same name from writer/director Nicholas McCarthy. The movie is
The story focuses on a young woman who returns to her childhood home after the death of her mother. While staying the night she finds herself plagued with strange noises and an eerie sense of someone or something else there. It's not until the following night that the presence in the house makes itself known, as she's thrown around by an invisible entity after her cousin suddenly disappears. She somehow makes it out've the