Haunting at Silver Falls (2013)

I typically prefer the ghost movies I watch to use the ghost or ghost effects sparingly so the suspense and chills can develop. Some movies, though, love to have their spectral characters up front and center as often as possible and "A Haunting at Silver Falls" is such a film. This fact doesn't distract the movie nearly as much that the two ghosts having different motives in the movie. One ghost wants her ring back that she lost before she died and the other ghost wants to lead the girl who found the ring to follow it to its killer. It’s more than a bit confusing because the two ghosts look almost similar; it’s also feels like the writer didn’t know which ghost to follow. The problem is that the ghosts are sisters who were murdered so both are equally important. The film does a better job follow Jenna, the teenage girl who finds the ring and is unable to remove it no matter what she tries to do. Her character develops feelings for the awkward nerd instead of the classic jock turned hero, she has typical teen angst and a rocky relationship with her care takers after her parents die. The ending and reveal of the killer is well done and is its other saving moment. It’s a decent movie at best and two viewings might be needed to really understand what’s going on.