![]() I’m sure being a specter has its upside: floating through walls, not needing to pee, scaring the bejeezus out of any one you want, whenever you want but in a movie like this, in order to be genuinely frightening, a spirit needs to remain just that: a spirit. Because he’s now taking on the persona of a mortal, a punch to the face or a kick to the groin thwarts his efforts and you forget that he’s still technically a ghost. ![]() The reason the movie stops being frightening is because William’s spectre becomes human-like and towards the end of the film, he and Michael fight it out in the living room while the remaining family members try to perform a ritual that will send him straight to hell. Of course, this being a ghost story, the compound is set out in the middle of nowhere and after a few genuine early scares, they begin to wear off rather quickly. Even though Gary is suffering from dementia, when he says he’s seeing things, nobody believes him, initially but gradually, they all start experiencing the strange goings-on. Now it appears, William’s spirit is haunting the family compound and won’t stop until everyone is dead. Michael’s sister Chloe ( Susan Angelo) and the mother of Brandon, was living in an abusive relationship with her husband William ( Derek Mears) and after having moved Brandon and herself in with Michael, to get away from the violence, he turned up one night and stabbed her to death, with Michael shooting him dead in the process. When the trio arrive, Gary has mixed emotions about seeing them but as the next few days elapse, strange things begin happening and the family’s history comes to light, much to Michael’s chagrin. His father is also wealthy and because Michael is the only one of his children left alive, he will naturally inherit the family’s estate. Having walked away from his domineering and abusive father years earlier, he asks Michael to return to him as he is suffering from the onset of dementia. ![]() Mane plays Michael, a man who lives with his fiancee Juliette ( Renae Geerlings) and nephew Brandon ( Alex Saxon). Standing at 6′ 8″, he is an imposing and towering figure that was ideal for the part. Mane is best known as Michael Myers in the reboots of “Halloween” and “Halloween II” and while I personally didn’t care for those two movies, those film’s director, Rob Zombie, achieved perfection in the casting of Mr. I have to give credit to the film’s star, Tyler Mane for not only appearing in the movie but for also producing it. ![]() “Compound Fracture” is a jaded tale that could have worked, that could have had some genuine scares and thrills but they just never materialized. I don’t know what it is with contemporary horror movies and ghost stories but they’re just not very effective at achieving their desired goal. After the gruesome death of his sister, Michael Wolffsen returns home with his fiancee and his recently orphaned nephew to take care of his father Gary. ![]()
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