to avoid hearing the stranger's confession. Black's dead daughter then appears. She tells him she knows the name of the stranger and whispers into his deaf ear. Black shoots the stranger with a shotgun and causes him to fall through a window. After the stranger's death, Christmas Day arrives and Detective Black sees his daughter leave up the stairs, presumably leaving to the afterlife. Cast Dylan Neal as Detective Alexander Black Val Kilmer as Mr. Nobody Paul McGillion as Deputy Jerry Pine Camille Sullivan as Deputy Jane Hollow Nels Lennarson as Deputy Toby Sherwood Chris Gauthier as Desk Sergeant Gulloy John Cassini as Deputy Jack Hawkins Sierra Pitkin as Mary Black Panou as Trooper Vitelli Denyc as Trooper Velasquez Production The film was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Release The film was first shown at the Aruba International Film Festival in June 2010 before its release in the United States in October 2010 by Paramount Pictures. It was released on home video on January 25, 2011. Reception Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 20% of five surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 2.5/10. John Marrone of Bloody Disgusting rated it 2.5/5 stars and called it "a decent horror flick" that has been unfairly criticized. Gordon Sullivan of DVD Verdict called it a predictable and boring film that is comparable to the early, weaker X-Files episodes. Todd Rigney of Beyond Hollywood called it "a fetid slice of supernatural tomfoolery that will insult your intelligence every chance it gets." Allan Dart of Fangoria called it "monotonous, silly and lamentably predictable". References External links 2010 films 2010 direct-to-video films English-language Canadian films American supernatural horror films Canadian supernatural horror films Films shot in Vancouver Direct-to-video horror films Voltage Pictures films 2010s Christmas horror films American Christmas horror films Canadian Christmas horror films 2010s supernatural horror films Films directed by Michael Oblowitz 2010s English-language films 2010s Canadian films 2010s American films