Family Ties

...while conventional at times in playing up to the beats of the genre, it's a unique movie, and utilizes its remote setting to great effect.

...it’s Shaw who steals the show, conveying her character as both a heartless monster and a woman haunted by her own past, with that kind of breathy, distracted haughtiness she does so well.

...a mid-budget horror with dark subject matter. But the filmmaking is fun, keeping it on the right side of enjoyable.

...Joe Marcantonio brings his unique, new vision to the subgenre, tightening the stakes by adding race and class to the tension of a surprise pregnancy.