After two years of widowerhood, and thinking the time is right for a much-needed getaway, Luke (Henry Thomas) packs Josh (Finlay Wojtak-Hissong), his still-traumatized son and Gail (Radha Mitchell, who also produced), the boy’s replacement mom, into the family roadster and heads to their secluded summer house aka the very spot on which his first wife drowned. Wouldn’t you know it, not only is cell phone transmission spotty, but dad is called back on business, leaving the boy alone to converse with his dead mom and spook the bejesus out of her stand in. Unable to sleep, Josh pockets the titular nightmare-baiter from the general store, and that leaves ample time to send viewers to slumberland. The most bone-chilling aspect of this movie is writer and director Kerry Harris’ belief that audiences will still bolt when a refrigerator door closes to reveal a demonic child behind it. (2020) — Scott Marks
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