Staring off one week before Halloween, young bullied loner Peter starts to hear noises in the walls of his bedroom. Dismissed by his scared mother (an uneven Lizzy Caplan) and scary father (Anthony Starr bringing some of The Boys' Homelander menace) but supported by his naive substitute teacher, Peter starts to hear the voice of a girl who (supposedly) went missing one Halloween that moves into something much more sinister. Familiar Halloween iconography works - the town is even called Holdenfield! - and the music score is mostly effective, but the story is extremely simple and the wheels come flying off around the halfway mark. As the unconvincing story reveal descends into an oddly-placed home-invasion scenario and a dimly-lit runaround ending, little lasting impression is left.
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