A story about a lethal fire more than a century ago and many missing little girls since entrances the the stepsisters until they learn what it all means. A girl tries to drown herself but is saved. Doors fly open to alarming and loud music. Of course, the house is haunted, but only Molly and Heather are in the know and, also of course, they tell no adults. Heather is fragile, still recovering from the death of her mother, which she may have accidentally caused. The fact that Dave's own traumatized young daughter, Heather (Isabele Nelisse), is picked up from an institution to join them at the house is another reminder that eerie things lie ahead. She and her family - her younger brother Michael and Mom's new husband Dave ( Callum Keith Rennie) - move into a big old former church (complete with cross) in the middle of nowhere, which dark music warns us is a perfect spot for horror. It seems as if psychiatrists and sleep medication have played roles in her life since her father's suicide and she has retreated into isolation to cope with her heartbreak. Yes, she rolls her eyes when her mother ( Maria Bello) makes a misstep but she isn't a bad kid. She thinks about life and writes thoughtfully in a diary. Molly ( Sophie Nelisse), who is 14, is a traumatized person of substance. Mix teenage angst and horror and you get WAIT TILL HELEN COMES.
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