I expected the worst with this domestic horror film, where a cleaning lady would replace a nanny, a gardner or whatever you wish.... Of course as an American movie, it shows a family, some house wives, more or less desperate, and an outsider who happens to have bad intents towards them. Very unusual in the way hat the evil character can receive some empathy from the audiences. And the character symphony, can also purchase some good surprises. The ending is though very strange; I hardly got it.... But from an overall point of view, compared to so many craps, this little horror movie is not bad at all.

The Two Females that Lead this often Unsettling Character Study are from Two Very Different Worlds.

Alexis Kendra is Alice...Living a Superficial Existence, being a Beautician that Applies Layers of Make-Up to Enhance the Mediocre Looks of Clients Seeking to be "Perfect".

Alice is Near Perfect, but Not Without Sweating at the Gym and Coating Her Naturalism with Her Professional Skill.

She Also Can't seem to Unburden Herself with a Clinging, Marital Cheating-Husband She has been Bedding for a While.

Apparently due to "Love Addiction".

Rachel Alig is Shelly...Living a Life that is Void of Superficiality.

But Beneath Her Surrounding Squalor and Non-Existent Social Skills, Scar-Burned Face,

and Obviously Troubled Demeanor, is Hidden a Very Disturbed Woman.

This is a Movie that Flashes Back and Reveals to the Audience Her Childhood Experience.

In that Childhood is Her Only Pleasurable Escape, from the Unthinkable Life She was Forced into by Her Scary, Evil Mom...

Is a Fantasy Doll-House complete with a "Perfect" Barbie that She Stares at Through the Tiny Window to Another World.

The Collision that Results in the Two Meeting-Up is Spoiler Territory.

Suffice to Say that the Movie Blends Violent Slasher-Stalking Violence with Abnormal-Psychological Manifestations.

Gross, Well Acted, and Sombrely Displayed.

With Tension that Tightens as One Scene After Another Disturbs, Disorients.

It is a Deadly but Logical Result that Blows-Back and Makes Shelly as Scary as Her Mother.

The Result is Not a Pretty Picture.

It's a Confirmation that Child-Abuse will most Likely End-Up with the Victim Prone to Committing Abuse on Themselves and Others.

The Mother From Hell Strikes Again.

This is the tale of a two troubled women, one addicted to love and one with darker troubles. As they start a stuttering friendship, dark secrets begin to emerge.

Granted I went into watching this with very low expectations. That said, this movie was a pleasant surprise. The plotting was a thin, but not terrible. The acting was fine bordering on good from the two leads. Competent cinematography and directing.