The Gathering

From what I can tell, The Gathering sat on shelf for a while, despite having Christina Ricci as the lead. While it wasn’t a terribly suspenseful horror movie, or really a horror movie at all, it was an okay rental for a slow weekend afternoon.

Cassie (Christina Ricci) is drifting through life, passing from town to town. She finds herself drawn to Ashby Wake after being hit by Marion’s car and losing her memory. She stays with Marion (Kerry Fox – yeah for Shallow Grave!) and her family while she recovers. Cassie becomes a nanny of sorts and becomes very close to Marion’s son. Cassie is also drawn to Marion’s family and Ashby Wake for another crazy reason: Marion’s husband Simon is researching newly discovered First Century church buried in the countryside, with strange carvings of the crucifixion. Cassie starts having visions and the townspeople start showing up staring at her ominously. Dan (Ioan Gruffudd) is the handsome love interest, but what role is he really playing in Cassie’s life? Is there a murderer in the town? Why is she even drawn to Ashby Wake? What is her role there?

It’s an interesting premise overall, but you are lead to expect one thing and I was surprised at the resolution to the story. It’s not a true shocker or anything, but it’s a twist that I don’t think I have seen before. You can see why the movie went straight to video, while the actors were okay, you could tell there just wasn’t a whole lot for them to work with.

Rating: 3 Purrs for a decent straight to video mystery thriller that sad to say, was better than the Da Vinci code.