We join this film with a lone jogger being stalked and eventually attacked by a menacing, hooded figure. Then cut to a young woman, Katheryn Bekker (Anja Taljaard),who’s visiting her childhood home in Zimbabwe because her father Rylond (Lionel Strasky) is sick and soon to be in hospital. Meanwhile, her mother has been missing for 5 years, while women nearby have also been going missing for some time. Is her father to blame for her mother’s disappearance? And if not, who is?

Things escalate when Katheryn, upon exploring her father’s house, finds a young man, Cullen Landon (Daniel Lasker) chained up in the cellar. This is also where the plot falls apart. He begs her for help, but she wants to know why her father put him in there. He can’t answer this, only begs for release, which she’s not willing to do until she finds out why he’s there.

There follows a confusing montage of scenes, including more interaction between Katheryn and Cullen, subsequent to which Katheryn visits Cullen’s apartment, hotly followed by police. When she returns she’s armed and with a box full of photos. He tries to brazen it out, but it barely works; she doesn’t believe a word he says. Well, would you? Instead, the two discover a map. Katheryn follows it and makes a startling discovery. This is followed by Cullen’s creepy overtones as Katheryn stumbles about in the dark, brandishing a gun.

Quite frankly, It’s engaging enough in the last third or so, but this is one confusing film. The dark scenes are too dark, and honestly, it’s drawn-out and boring. There’s nothing captivating about it because it’s too disjointed; its charms hidden in the mind of the filmmaker. I can’t fault Lasker’s performance though; he plays Mr. Creepy extraordinarily well, as does Taljaard, though her role as innocent victim is quite different.

It could’ve been improved by some continuity and less unneeded background drama, but sadly that’s not the case, and as the film ends we’re as baffled as we were at the start.

This could have been a good film if they’d cut out a lot of kerfuffle, but there’s too much going on, so it makes for a heavy watch. We never find out a lot of stuff we need to to wrap it up; disappointing, as it had the makings of a good fim; there’s just too much mess that jams up the works.

If you’ve got the time and patience I’d say give it a go, but if your attention span is short I’d say it’s not worth the time. Some of you may find it better than I did, but from me it’s a fat nope.