A young woman's inheritance leads to a brisk, chilling road trip and gruesome discoveries in a Victorian mansion.
Suspenseful and pulpy. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on The Roku Channel (free) and Fandango at Home (free).
The thing to know: extreme gore, more than an R usually carries. Beyond that, real scares and several jump scares.
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A young woman learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from her deceased grandmother. After embarking on a road trip with friends to uncover her roots, she finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her newfound wealth comes at a price as she stumbles upon a horror that awaits her in the mansion’s dank cellars.
It leaves things open rather than tying them up.
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