BLACKWOOD (2014)

I had big hopes for Blackwood.  Indeed, the first half of the film plays beautifully like one of the better, creepier Hammer house of horror films of the 1970's; college professor Ben Marshall (Ed Stoppard), after suffering a nervous breakdown, pulls his life and family together and relocates his wife and young son to an old country home, called Blackwood, where soon after moving in Ben starts to sense something very wrong in the house.  He begins seeing what appear to be ghosts, reflections of a mystery surrounding the home, and as Ben investigates the house, the town, even the local priest seem to be against his learning the truth.  Blackwood is a cool, dark, twisty tale of the mind, creepy and wonderfully done, but - for me - with an ending that delivered a twist I found just a little disappointing, as well as a couple of things (like the owls) I wish had been better unexplained. (not rated)  C+

BLACKWOOD trailer