Deadline - 2009 * * * *

Focus Your Fear.

Disregarding the eerie poster showing a lifeless Brittany Murphy drowning in her bath (an image that would be played out tragically three weeks later when Brittany sadly died in her bathroom) we should really focus on how clever this film is. And any movie that makes me think back to it over and over again after I've seen it is worth another watch.

Murphy plays Alice, a young and depressed film-maker, who on the suggestion of her best friend Rebecca goes to spend a week in an old Victorian mansion where she hopes she can work on her current film project without disturbance. However after less than an hour she starts to experience things that are more terrifying and heart-breaking than she can imagine.

This movie has been slated by film-reviewers because of Brittany's tragic state whilst filming and although I agree that it's very sad to see her literally wasting away in front of our eyes I don't think that should detract from her amazing performance.