The Abandoned (R-2006)

This one had a lot of potential. Marie Jones (Anastasia Hille) was rescued from being murdered by her father as an infant and was adopted. She was raised in America (the "incident" was in Russia) and is called to return to the place of her birth. Once there, she meets the brother. They both find themselves in their birth-home being haunted and tormented by...themselves. Initially, this came off as a pretty cool concept. Her brother informs her "what happens to them happens to us" and she finds when she hits her ghost with a shovel, SHE feels the impact. However, this interesting novelty wears off pretty quickly and some of the horror falls flat. I found myself bored for extended portions of the movie and just didn't care where it was going. The concept seems to be that they were destined to die when they were babies and they were brought home to fulfill that destiny. That premise worked much better in "Final Destination". I mean, if it was your destiny to die and "death" cannot be denied, why did they get to live 40 years before "death" came looking for them??? It seems that if a violent death is your destiny, "death" is not going to wait 40 years to collect the debt.

Grade: D

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