A caretaker’s new job is not what she expects in this second feature film director Anubys Lopez.

Veronica Grey has accepted a job to become the caretaker of an elderly woman, Mrs. Bloom, as her son Charles cannot be there for her. Upon her arrival, Veronica is met with a little resistance at first from Mrs. Bloom, but eventually the two do their best to get along. One day, Veronica meets the family groundskeeper Joe, who warns Veronica that something very strange goes on inside the house and it is the reason why he has avoided going inside.

Soon enough, Joe’s warnings prove to be true. Veronica finds herself followed by some strange figures. When Mrs. Bloom’s granddaughter Emily meets Veronica and Veronica informs her of it, Mrs. Bloom tells Veronica that Emily has been dead a long time. However, that’s nothing compared to what’s next when Veronica learns the truth about her new job and why she was chosen to be the new caretaker.

Anubys Lopez’s feature film debut Those Who Call (released earlier this year) was a bit of a disappointment because of its very slow pace despite its redeeming finale. However, his follow-up has proven that redemption would be in the cards as this is a more suitable tale inspired by the likes of M. Night Shyamalan’s recent film Old and classic The Sixth Sense but set inside of a house and replacing a group of people with a caretaker. However, the film starts off as a very intriguing supernatural tale that soon delves into something more sinister.

The cast is excellent in this, especially Morgan Boss-Maltais as new caretaker Veronica and Carla Kidd as the elderly Mrs. Bloom. Boss-Maltais definitely has a bit of “scream queen” quality in her role. She starts off as a sweet caring and nurturing woman doing her job, but once the catalyst of the warnings is revealed, that’s when things begin to pick up and even better, there is no slow pacing this time around.

The pacing of this film compared to Lopez’s previous film is a complete 180. Just when things slowly begin to slow down, another twist is revealed. For instance, a shocking twist in the form of Bria D’Aguanno’s Emily arrives to see her grandmother is quite prevalent and just adds to the supernatural elements and there are some good jump scares along the way as well. We even see that Sixth Sense element when we see Mrs. Kidd talking in bed to what looks like herself, only to see the ghost of another family member, dressed in a suit. This leads to a very shocking twist in the third act when all is revealed and unlike Shyamalan’s films, this one takes the care and really adds to the redemption for filmmaker Lopez. As a result, I can’t wait to see what he will come up with next.

Aged is redemption for filmmaker Anubys Lopez after the boring catastrophe of Those Who Call. The pacing is one hundred times better and the performances are excellent here. A great film that starts out with the supernatural elements only to go another route that totally works well here.

WFG RATING: A-

A Harrow House Films in association with AWW Entertainment. Director: Anubys Lopez. Producers: Cinthia Bravo and Alex Mirabal. Writer: Anubys Lopez. Cinematography: Alex Mirabal. Editing: Anubys Lopez.

Cast: Morgan Boss-Maltais, Carla Kidd, Dave McClain, Bria D’Aguanno, Adonis Ringo, Kelly Kidd, Lisa Alavi, Kristin Henderson.