A grief-stricken family is still recovering from the loss of a daughter when a house sitter strives to manipulate the parents into accepting her as the deceased daughter's replacement. All hell breaks looks as the house sitter plots her dastardly deeds on the nice family.
The house sitter from hell goes by the name Rebecca. But a perceptive old lady working in the local antique store recognizes her as Clair, who was a house sitter for the Peterson family in a neighboring town. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson died in a house fire. Shortly after identifying Rebecca as "Clair," the antique deal is murdered.
Rebecca now settles in to the home life of a lovely couple, Sara and Kyle. Their daughter Amy was racing on the ice with her sister Lauren. When the ice broke, Lauren drowned. The family is still trying to cope with the loss, and Lauren's old bedroom is maintained as a shrine.
The most interesting character in the film is Amy, who has never come to terms with the guilt that she feels over her sister's death. She also believes that Lauren was the favorite of her parents, who subliminally blame Amy for the tragedy. On top of everything, Amy must now co-exist with an interloper who is angling to move in permanently with the family.
Rebecca tries to sell the family on a sob story about her own traumatic past and heroic struggle for recovery. For a brief stretch, Sara buys into Rebecca's story and begins to accept Rebecca as a surrogate daughter. But it is Amy who is relentless in getting to the truth. It is Amy who first recognizes that "something is not right" with Rebecca.
There were some loose ends in the film, including an explanation of why the death of the antique dealer did not raise the suspicions of the family. Another untidy plot element was Amy's boyfriend Travis, who is seduced and apparently murdered by Rebecca. Poor Travis was not even given a proper funeral in the film. But in the end, it is the memory of the close relationship of Amy and her sister Lauren that sustains her through the ordeal with Rebecca and leads her to triumph over the evil machinations of monster.
The house sitter from hell goes by the name Rebecca. But a perceptive old lady working in the local antique store recognizes her as Clair, who was a house sitter for the Peterson family in a neighboring town. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson died in a house fire. Shortly after identifying Rebecca as "Clair," the antique deal is murdered.
Rebecca now settles in to the home life of a lovely couple, Sara and Kyle. Their daughter Amy was racing on the ice with her sister Lauren. When the ice broke, Lauren drowned. The family is still trying to cope with the loss, and Lauren's old bedroom is maintained as a shrine.
The most interesting character in the film is Amy, who has never come to terms with the guilt that she feels over her sister's death. She also believes that Lauren was the favorite of her parents, who subliminally blame Amy for the tragedy. On top of everything, Amy must now co-exist with an interloper who is angling to move in permanently with the family.
Rebecca tries to sell the family on a sob story about her own traumatic past and heroic struggle for recovery. For a brief stretch, Sara buys into Rebecca's story and begins to accept Rebecca as a surrogate daughter. But it is Amy who is relentless in getting to the truth. It is Amy who first recognizes that "something is not right" with Rebecca.
There were some loose ends in the film, including an explanation of why the death of the antique dealer did not raise the suspicions of the family. Another untidy plot element was Amy's boyfriend Travis, who is seduced and apparently murdered by Rebecca. Poor Travis was not even given a proper funeral in the film. But in the end, it is the memory of the close relationship of Amy and her sister Lauren that sustains her through the ordeal with Rebecca and leads her to triumph over the evil machinations of monster.