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

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

The movie opens up with a young couple running frantically through the woods. Something unseen is watching and chasing them. The girl can't go on. The man shows her a wooden box (apparently stolen) and says they will never have to work again. He opens the box and a force impales him against a tree. The girl is then attacked.The movie then jumps to the reading of the will of Rebecca, who passes over her children and gives everything to her 3 grandchildren. Since they haven't come visit her they must spend that weekend at her home to get their inheritance and the granddaughter Elizabeth (Tara Carroll) gets the keys to "the wooden box." ooooh eeeeh oooooh!The movie would be boring if the three kids just sat around so the two boys Jack and Ray decide to invite guests and throw a party to Elizabeth's dismay. The party moves out to the pool. Elizabeth espies some shadows moving about then... Bam! The next thing you know Elizabeth is sitting in a daze with undisclosed wounds as they are wheeling out dead bodies. The investigator asks questions. We now know how the film ends, everyone dead except for Elizabeth.Elizabeth retells the story as the main part of the movie begins...Elizabeth discovers grandma collected various occult items while the guys pair off and go to their rooms with their girl friends including hot blond Colleen Shannon. Shadowy figures dart about out of the corner of the eye and in mirrors. In addition to well done shadows, there are other inexpensive subtleties, such as statues blinking. The movie soundtrack sounds like there are faint screams in the background. I appreciated these small details. The action and suspense build slowly, like it should.The movie never explains how the Naibert surname has been passed down from one female generation to the next. The investigator mispronounces "prolific" and I don't know if that was intentional or a bad script read missed by the director. The ending was disappointing and anti-climatic.Sex talk, sex, f-bomb, nudity

The three Naibert children, in their teens and early twenties, inherit a vast estate from their grandmother Rebecca. But unknown to them, the family inheritance has passed from grandmother to granddaughter for centuries-and Rebecca has a long reach from the grave to assure that the line is unbroken. The first weekend in the mansion is a party for the three Naiberts and their friends-but one by one, they vanish without a trace. Is death the punishment for violating Rebecca's spell? Are the demons that beset the young people real-or only reflections of their own fear? Is it murder, violence from another dimension, or madness? The answer lives in the reflections. (Written by ray)Despite its unique tone and creepy visuals, The Passing is about as un- scary as a movie can be, and is often funny when it isn't trying to be. It sure doesn't help when the script is THIS bad and the actors clearly don't know how to act. And plus the revelation of what is going on is insulting to human intellect.

I tried! But I couldn't quite make it to the end of this one, for fear of drifting into a deep slumber from which I might never awaken. "The Passing": is about several members of a family who must spend a weekend in their late granny's old house in order to gain their inheritance. Pretty soon, there are a lot of people in the house, as it turns into a party. One by one, people start getting knocked off by an unseen force. There's also a mysterious box whose contents were not meant or human hands. The only interesting aspect of this badly acted and badly written "thriller" was an occasional flash forward to the lone survivor as she tells her tale to a screwy cop (the late Paul Gleason) who figures she did everyone else in. I understand there is a twist at the very end. I was onto other things by then, and missed it. I suspect I did not miss much.

It's always nice to be pleased by a film even though you had low expectations. I finished this film glad I'd taken the time to watch it, for it's definitely underrated.Young adult siblings are informed that the grandmother they never bothered to visit or get to know has died, and left them with a sizable inheritance, including a lovely mansion. The stipulation for their inheritance is that they spend 1 weekend in the house together, the first weekend following her death. Their greedy, shallow parents are against the idea initially, but are told that the stipulation is air-tight. The granddaughter is also given a key to an antique box, and told that the contents are hers alone. The movie wastes no time getting from that point to the mystery and thrills that follow in the mansion. Of course, there are some skeletons in the family closet which they discover. And...of course, some wild young friends are invited over so the body count (and sexuality) is pumped up. Cliché. The story is very good, the script isn't written as well as it should have been, the acting is decent but is sometimes distractingly bad (this may be intentional for the story). There is a plot twist at the end of the movie, so don't take off your "thinking cap" just because you believe you've sorted out the mystery of it all half-way through the film.