A troubled couple, Jen (Brianne Davis) and Cochrann (Gary Cairns) work together to repair their marriage and seek help from a spiritual healer (Tara Buck) to reconcile their differences. But when strange activity from their son triggers off alarm bells their relationship needs to be stronger than ever.

Using the best of the found footage genre to create an atmospheric build up, ‘The Night Visitor’ raises some chills in its rather short running time. That’s no bad thing as from the first moments, this does not slow down. Clues of things to come are dotted throughout from weird activity from those in the house to more supernatural elements as levitating toys to beings morphing from the TV.

It’s disappointing that the climax, while satisfying, seems somewhat of a short coming. The brilliance of building up to a devastating end is wonderfully achieved however you can’t help but want a little more and with a tease that this is not the first, or last, time this has happened thanks to a few well-placed cameos, time could be a healer with this.

It’s fair to say that Jennifer Blanc-Biehn knows what she wants and in a year where the outside world have paid more visits than ever (‘Dark Skies’, ‘V/H/S/2’, ‘Unidentified’)  ‘The Night Visitor’ is a worthy addition and definitely worth a visit.

Davis and Cairns hold every second of screen time and despite at times it appears the “Night Visitor” might have a different nature with Cochrann’s desperate attempts to make a sex tape, their charisma and fresh faced innocence make for some shocking and powerful moments, especially when Cochrann finally gets what he’s been asking for.

Without the strong cast, this could have been a dull mash-up between ‘Dark Skies’ and ‘Paranormal Activity’ however this stands tall on its own merits showing that Blanc-Biehn has a future as a genre director . While she continues to work with her own production company, Blanc/Biehn Productions, we certainly hope she gets behind the directors seat again soon.