After a troubled childhood where her mother disappeared and she was abused by her father, Ashley returns to her hometown and moves in with her Aunt Tanya.
Ashley's childhood friend Hannah and a local pastor named John try to help her, but the demon proves powerful and difficult to exorcise.
However, the exorcism ritual is rushed and its ending is unclear - it's left ambiguous whether Ashley is ultimately delivered from the demon's grip or succumbs to it.
[3] Dennis Harvey of Variety gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Either way, it creaks more than it creeps, to the extent that various scenes appear to be missing from director Jason DeVan’s disjointed debut.
"[4] Noel Murray of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review and wrote, "But none of this really leads anywhere original.