Antti Jokinen directs Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Christopher Lee in this chiller where a recently dumped doctor bags a dream apartment only to discover the hunky building owner is doing more than fixing the place up behind the scenes.

Strange that Hammer Studios chose this near ambient, mahogany retread of Sliver to reboot their brand rather than a period monster flick. Dracula, Frankenstein and She are what everyone associates the words ‘Hammer Horror’ with yet the studio out in Bray made plenty of flat thrillers like this too in their heyday. At least Christopher Lee is back in what amounts to a glorified legacy cameo. That is also the third biggest part. Essentially a two hander between two very beautiful, ultra charismatic B-listers, the tension doesn’t come from when she’ll find out what her landlord is up to… but whether she’ll care. There’s a far more exciting movie to be had if her reaction wasn’t the most obvious one. Or if there were a few more characters to get ground up before she twigs all is not dreamy in her dream home. Still this is undeniably attractive to look at so you can just let it wash over you.

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