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During Christmas Vacation, a family visits the nowhere ghost town of Sutterville on their way to the mother’s family. Forty years earlier the place was the site of a massacre when a mob of concerned citizens wiped out a coven of Satan worshippers on Christmas Day. The father, Tom, has been having nightmares about the event once a year for a long time, his wife is concerned but he blames his occupation as a police officer for the added stress. While the family makes their way through the ghost town, a sinister drifter (who looks like what would happen if a sickly Amish guy couldn’t grow a beard and decided to start a gothic new wave band) with supernatural powers is apprehended by the police. His arresting officer is saved from telekinetic evil after clutching the crucifix he wears around his neck. Mom, dad, little annoying Billy, bitchy sister Erin and weak-hearted grandpa cross paths with the police officers and their perp while driving in and they learn from a helpful cop about the town’s dark history. Grandpa tries to get them to not visit Sutterville much to shit-head Billy’s disappointment but some supernatural automobile hijinks force the family to pay a visit to the abandoned town anyways. This pleases the creepy vagrant. Tom immediately gets a bad headache, grandpa seemingly attempts to chain smoke his heart condition away, telekinetic tomfoolery kills a cop, Billy meets a little ghost girl with resting bitch face, ghostly voices are heard as the family investigates the town, grandpa and his Joe-Esteves-lookin-ass is definitely hiding something, dad loses his temper and his mind, the gang finds it impossible to leave, the vagrant finally makes his move and a family secret is revealed which ties into the massacre from decades earlier. This thing has the odd vibe of feeling like a spooky family film made for television but by a creative team with a negative outlook on life and a methamphetamine addiction. It’s boring and intriguing in equal measure and always feels like it’s right on the cusp of exploding into chaos but lacking the ability to make that a possibility. For some reason, that’s a recommendation in my book.
During Christmas Vacation, a family visits the nowhere ghost town of Sutterville on their way to the mother’s family. Forty years earlier the place was the site of a massacre when a mob of concerned citizens wiped out a coven of Satan worshippers on Christmas Day. The father, Tom, has been having nightmares about the event once a year for a long time, his wife is concerned but he blames his occupation as a police officer for the added stress. While the family makes their way through the ghost town, a sinister drifter (who looks like what would happen if a sickly Amish guy couldn’t grow a beard and decided to start a gothic new wave band) with supernatural powers is apprehended by the police. His arresting officer is saved from telekinetic evil after clutching the crucifix he wears around his neck. Mom, dad, little annoying Billy, bitchy sister Erin and weak-hearted grandpa cross paths with the police officers and their perp while driving in and they learn from a helpful cop about the town’s dark history. Grandpa tries to get them to not visit Sutterville much to shit-head Billy’s disappointment but some supernatural automobile hijinks force the family to pay a visit to the abandoned town anyways. This pleases the creepy vagrant. Tom immediately gets a bad headache, grandpa seemingly attempts to chain smoke his heart condition away, telekinetic tomfoolery kills a cop, Billy meets a little ghost girl with resting bitch face, ghostly voices are heard as the family investigates the town, grandpa and his Joe-Esteves-lookin-ass is definitely hiding something, dad loses his temper and his mind, the gang finds it impossible to leave, the vagrant finally makes his move and a family secret is revealed which ties into the massacre from decades earlier. This thing has the odd vibe of feeling like a spooky family film made for television but by a creative team with a negative outlook on life and a methamphetamine addiction. It’s boring and intriguing in equal measure and always feels like it’s right on the cusp of exploding into chaos but lacking the ability to make that a possibility. For some reason, that’s a recommendation in my book.
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