This is a great spooky Horror film, that's vastly underrated!. It's a very creepy, and engrossing haunted house story, however the ending just doesn't cut it. i liked all of the characters, especially Trish Van Devere's!. It's a little cheap at times, but there were quite a few moments that made me jump, and i was really getting into it, unfortunately, the ending sucked!. The finale is excellent and very creepy,and although it's somewhat predictable it has enough tension and scares to keep you satisfied. There is no gore.I got this off an 8 movie 2 disc horror set The Direction is good for the most part. George Bowers does a very good job here creating lots of creepy atmosphere, good lighting, with some great zoom in's , and keeping the film at an engaging pace!, solid job. The Acting is very good. Trish Van Devere, is excellent as the main lead, she is beautiful, had good chemistry with David Gautreaux,and was very likable, and was a perfect choice to play this part!. Joseph Cottenis good as the old drunk, and brought some class to this. David Gautreaux, is creepy here, and did well, he had good chemistry with Trish Van Devere, and was likable. Donald Hotton, is okay as the priest, was unconvincing at times, but he was okay, and got the job done. Christopher McDonald, is okay in his short role. Perry Lang, is good as Paul i liked him. Overall highly recommended! ***1/2 out of 5

Jane Hardy (Trish Van Devere) is moving to a small town in order to take possession of an aunt's house that's been sitting vacant for many years. Oddly, almost everyone in town is very nasty to her...and she has no idea why. The only ones who are nice are a young guy who is secretly infatuated with her and Tom, a sexy guy who loves her almost at once. The portion of the film involving the town hating her and the finale seems to last a very long time. Oddly, after going on a killing spree, the evil spirit comes after her and it all ends in a car chase...which is kind of weird considering it's a ghost.

The problems are the pacing and the finale...both of which left me cold. It's a shame. I wanted to enjoy the movie much more than I ultimately did. At times, it's pretty good. At other times, it looks like the script could have used a re-write.

Newly minted divorcée Trish Van Devere went through a lot of angst on her divorce and decides to spend time in her late aunt's house which is way out in the country. So she takes possession of it from local attorney Joseph Cotten who along with most of the rest of the town is downright hostile to her.

The reason is that the aunt was a practicing Wiccan and the Christian community that makes up this town is not liking satanic worshipers. The aunt died a mysterious death many years ago and the locals just don't talk about it.

Trish makes two friends young David Gautreaux a most mysterious man indeed though she's drawn to him and Perry Lang who is a teenager with hormones in overdrive who becomes her handyman. His motives are pretty clear, he's looking at her as a cougar with needs.

She's also getting mysterious noises, things going bump in the night and a funeral hearse keeps following her for no apparent reason. And a fundamentalist reverend Donald Hotton very eager to save her soul. What can it all mean.

The problem is that while The Hearse does supply some frightening moments, the rather confusing script never really answers the questions. I'm still trying to figure out why she just didn't go to some vacation spot to recoup and recover from the divorce.

Take The Hearse, some of you might want to use it to bury the story.