100 Feet (2008)

"100 Feet" was a moderately effective ghost story about a woman who is under house arrest and is haunted by a ghost. Starring Famke Janssen, this film makes the action stay in one place which forces Famke to carry the film on her performance. My only complaint about this film, as it is with some other ghost movies, is that we see too much of the ghost, actual outlines of his shape too early and too often. This alone makes the movie feel forced and not able to slowly build the specter's presence through other means.

Marnie Watson is under house arrest for killing her husband, Mike, in self-defense in the house that they shared. She is fitted with an ankle bracelet and has to remain within 100 feet of the sensor otherwise the machine will go off in three minutes and she'll be forced to serve out a ten year sentence in jail. Her sentence is so harsh because Mike was a police officer and his former partner Shanks believes that Marnie is a cold hearted killer. The truth is that Mike was extremely abusive and Marnie had been too afraid to do anything until one day when Mike's abuse was nearly a deadly level itself. It's not long before Mike's ghost makes itself known to Marnie and begins the abuse once more. Mike's rage reaches new levels when Marnie begins to have a relationship with a delivery boy named Joey. Mike kills Joey, showering himself with the boys blood. When Shanks comes to arrest Marnie, he sees Mike throw her across the room, not willing to let her go. Mike sets the house on fire, and Shanks realizes that Marnie had been telling the truth the entire time. Shanks distracts Mike so Marnie can escape the burning house. The two escape but Mike grabs Marnie and drags her back inside. She finally takes her of wedding ring, telling him that she doesn't belong to him. The house goes up in a ball of flames, and Marnie is seen as a hero for saving Shanks life.