All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Blistering performances.

I liked the production and costume design, the clever way it looks Victorian whilst being set in the modern day. I liked the colours and the camera, and I liked the cast. I also liked that it took itself seriously and the makers clearly went out to make a good film rather than a commercial one. In fact, its only nod to commercialism seems to be the casting of Hutch as the self help guru (he's fine, but this really could've been anyone).I didn't like the snail like pace and numerous references to ultimately irrelevant historical characters that are clearly a bit of an obsession for the writer. The identity of the burned man is rather more obvious than I'm sure it was intended to be and the Aleister Crowley bit is laughable.It deserves credit for being brave & really lovely to look at, but it's very,very slow with no ultimate reward for your patience.

Stunning film! I viewed this film with my boyfriend yesterday at the Frightfest Film festival and without doubt it was my favourite film of the entire festival.The director introduced it along with the whole cast Nick Moran, Georgina Rylance and the iconic David Soul.The film is calm, cool and collected, and I cannot believe it has been made in the UK, it feels like it came from the states as it really has a cinematic look and the plot is working on many levels than just moving from a to b. It twists and turns and never reveals itself and long after you have left the cinema you are thinking about it and discussing all the possibilities of its plot line.The director said they shot it in 21 days which staggers me, because it is so beautiful to look at and so professionally done, my hats off to him and his amazing cinematographer.This is the kind of movie the British film industry should be making, and its so good to hear an independent film maker has gone out there and done it completely of his own accord. Go and see it, i think its going to be one of those films that will become a favourite.

Great movie, this will be a hit! Where has this film been hiding and when is it coming out? The colours are just plain gorgeous, the sets and direction immaculate, the cast is spot on, although I wouldn't call them 'A list' names they really deliver. What i really liked about it was that i was always thinking throughout, I felt there was something going on that was not being said, a real menace underneath, but I couldn't really put my finger on it, and when the film unravels the climax at the end i was really surprised. The woman who plays the lead role of Ann grey is beautiful, she looks like a actress from Hollywood's golden age, Lauren Bacall etc, and she can really act, she certainly kept e guessing throughout. Does anyone know which distributor is handling this and when it is coming out? I caught a screening of it at the Berlin Festival, and heard the director speak about it afterwards, but i still cant find out about its release date or when it will be on DVD. But I highly recommend it for any fans of the mysterious.

Lovely music and beautifully shot. There is some fine acting from David Soul, Geogina Rylance and Nick Moran, who really draw you into their world. The first 15 minutes or so is a bit slow (in my opinion), but well worth sitting through as the plots start to unfold. There are some good surprises and some really great atmospheric moments. (I love a really tense scene in a large manor house - very Hitchcockian !) The film uses a lot of static shots which along with the prevalence of dark moody cinematography give the film its own strong character. There is a love scene which is handled with great sensitivity and the Director builds the tension throughout the film, and in hindsight you see that he has littered the film with clues. I've seen it at festival and believe it is intended for release in 2006 sometime - well worth going to see.