Look Again. Jan 19 – 29, 2012 Park City, Utah

Annie returns home to attend her much-despised mother’s funeral as a favor to her older sister. Sleeping in her old bedroom, Annie senses something unfamiliar in the house. She enlists the help of a local cop and a clairvoyant to answer some questions surrounding her mother’s death. As long-repressed nightmares begin to haunt Annie’s life again, an unsettling presence emerges in her childhood home.

Based on a short film that premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Nicholas McCarthy’s The Pact penetrates beneath your skin from the opening drone of its score, with an uneasiness that grows steadily with every unsettling twist. McCarthy’s debut feature modernizes the classic haunted house story by sharply mixing genre elements to keep the audience always on their toes. Cinematographer Bridger Nielson’s camera stalks badass heroine Caity Lotz, both in sudden action and in silent terror, as she uncovers the dark mysteries behind each door. - C.R.

Shannon Sonnier
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Nicholas McCarthy's films have been shown at the Sundance Film Festival, the Seattle International Film Festival, CineVegas, ScreamFest, the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, and many others. Three of McCarthy’s shorts have played at the Sundance Film Festival: Cry For Help in 2005, Chinese Box in 2009, and The Pact in 2011. Just one year after the short version of The Pact premiered at the Festival, McCarthy has adapted it into this feature.