We Go On

Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton's supernatural thriller sports an intriguing premise: Miles Grissom (Clark Freeman) is a young man tortured by fears—especially of death—that have led him to work at home editing TV infomercials. Having recently come into a modest inheritance, Miles decides to pay half to anyone who can offer him proof of an afterlife. Despite the concerns of his protective mother (Annette O'Toole), Miles advertises the offer and receives a predictable flood of responses, from which he selects several that are particularly promising. The first brings him to a professor (John Glover) who tries to put him in touch with the spirit world by forcing him to confront past traumatic experiences, while the second connects him with a psychic (Giovanna Zararías) whose pronouncements appear totally bizarre. When Miles encounters Nelson (Jay Dunn), an airport maintenance man, he learns the secret of passing over to the other side, but the result is hardly pleasant, since it brings forth painful revelations about the past history of Miles and his family. We Go On grows a mite confusing in the final stretch, and Freeman is a rather colorless protagonist, but with its emphasis on mood and tension, the film does offer a nice change from gore-drenched horror movies. Still, in the end this is more mildly intriguing than genuinely compelling. A strong optional purchase. [Note: DVD/Blu-ray extras include a directors' audio commentary. Bottom line: a decent extras package for this intermittently engaging horror flick.] (F. Swietek)