By minimal I mean there aren't all that many characters to get to know, and there also are not all that many sets...so basically a horror movie with a very limited potential for kills. Still I thought it was done rather well, could have been better, but then again most horror movies could would have and should have been better. This one has a very pretty girl with a number of tragedies that have marked her life. Her mother died when she was born, her grandfather died the prior year she just wants to have fun on her birthday for once. Well she goes with a friend to a wild frat party, which is mistake number one and her friend hooks her up with an obvious scumbag. Why do gals prefer this scum who would do what he does to a guy like me I will never know, but that is just the facts. This guy precedes to take her to the basement and gets her to tell her sad story and after she passes out from the drug in her drink rapes her. Great guy, eh? Well the drug in the drink kills the girl and is the movie over...no! It has just begun as the girl must now try to figure out the afterlife as her grandfather is there, but he seemingly wishes to do her harm and also there is her guardian angel who tries to explain things to her, but he also seems kind of menacing as well. There are flashes of others in her life, things looking for her soul and she also has the ability to look back on the life she left behind and see the party still going on. Like I said not bad, just needed more, the girl is really pretty and she does a nice job. I could have used a couple of more venues as I get really tired of the frat house. From the back of the box I was actually expecting more of a darker version of an earlier film I enjoyed "Highway to Hell", still there are worse ways to spend one's time.

Celia (Monica Keena) has had an imaginary friend Donovan as a protector. Her mother died at child birth, dad ran off, raised by grandparents, major league guilt, etc. etc. On her 21st birthday Cecia goes to a frat party, is given a date rape drug and makes lots of friends she never knew. Her spirit awakens in a world akin to "Silent Hill" where she must combat "soul eaters" which are zombie like creatures who imitate her family and friends. Donovan (David Anders) is there to guide her, but somehow she doesn't trust anyone after been given a roofie, gang raped, left for dead and attacked by a zombie/Freddy version of her loving grandfather.

It was an interesting film and I recommend "Silent Hill" for those who like the quirkiness of a duo world. I didn't like the characters as much as I should have. Celia was a bit annoying even with the high beams on for most of the feature...I guess when you are cold in the afterlife.... Donovan was downright boring. Dialogue needed pizazz. Better than a lot of "B" horror films. Kudos for a unique script.

Parental Guide: F-bombs. Mild rape scene. Background wall photo nudity.

The lovely, voluptuous Monica Keena stars as a date rape victim, the drug used killing her. She is trapped in a sort of limbo, a sanctuary whose light is dimming, her Celia needing to find the door into heaven. Donovan(David Anders)has been a kind of guardian angel for Celia, keeping her from harm..that is until now where she has to avoid "soul eaters" which have secured her grandfather's soul since his life before death had been less than satisfactory for heaven. Celia spends most of the film running from the darkness and the creatures which desire to feast on her soul. Donovan's motives, which seem just, may not be what they seem. Donovan wishes for her to enter a room which may not be access to heaven, but instead somewhere as dark as damnation itself. Tim Thomerson has a nice role as Celia's grandfather, who she must save while staying one step ahead of the soul eaters out to get her. Celia also seeks to find a way out of her predicament so she can join her mother and grandmother in the afterlife. In the movie, Celia receives pointers on how to successfully attain her desired goal, through ambiguous means from her loved ones. We see that her father(a drunk who left Celia behind) and a childhood friend(a volleyball player),however, weren't so lucky. Director Steven R Monroe keeps his movie moving at an exhausting pace, creating, and maintaining, a disorienting and nightmarish atmosphere where poor Keena must go wherever sanctuary resides, barely able to catch a breath for any long periods due to the darkness which manifests and attempts to engulf her. The beautiful Jessica Stroup(HOMECOMING)is Keena's best friend, Justine, who she must keep safe from the same fate as she suffered. Monroe shrouds the character of Donovan with enough mystery and doubt that we aren't ever completely sure of his real reasons for helping Celia. Monroe shoots Celia's journey after death(and, actually, before she is killed)in a discombobulated fashion to convey how confounding her situation really is..how does one face such a terrifying scenario as not only having to accept that you're dead, but keep from being consumed by evil which comes at you from all angles? Keena's role is demanding physically because she's constantly running about to and fro, and she must show the emotional upheaval as well. Kudos to her in a tour-de-force performance.