Given that this was quite literally a midnight movie, I didn't have high expectations, but I ended up quite enjoying it - it's an effective little haunted house mystery, even if its moves are, for the most part, telegraphed well in advance and the whole thing is something of a throwback in both conception and execution (without knowing in advance, I wouldn't have guessed that it was made in the 1990s).
Set in 1920s England, the film's shot in a style which feels quite old-fashioned (whether deliberately or otherwise) - most notably, the actors often appear more 'real' and clearly-defined than the blurry backdrops against which they're moving - and the special effects are quite risible, having a 'cutting edge, only thirty years ago' type vibe to them. Oddly, though, this adds to the effectiveness of the film, creating a spooky mood reminiscent of the times past when these kinds of ghost story - and perhaps of ghosts themselves - had their heyday ("Turn of the Screw" and all that).
Acting-wise, Aidan Quinn and Kate Beckinsale are both good (the former suitably haunted, the latter appropriately ambiguous and beguiling), and the rest of the cast do their jobs well. Hardly a classic, but still a neat bit of film-making, especially if the old-fashioned feel is in fact deliberate!
