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Product Description ------------------- Academy Award® winner Kevin Costner stars as John James, a newly divorced her who moves into a rural South Carolina home with his adolescent daughter Louisa (Ivana Baquero of PAN’S LABYRINTH) and young son Sam (Gattlin Griffith of CHANGELING). But when Louisa begins to behave in strange new ways, John must uncover the truth behind her bizarre – and increasingly violent – transformation. Is the mysterious mound in their backyard connected to a former owner’s shocking secret? And how far will a her go to protect his daughter from an ancient evil determined to take over her mind and body? Samantha Mathis (THE PUNISHER) and Erik Palladino (ER) and co-star in this intense thriller that marks the English-language directorial debut of Luis Berdejo, co-writer of the modern suspense classics [REC] and QUARANTINE. .com ---- Muddy footprints and straw dolls betray the presence of an ancient evil in The New Daughter. Author John James (Kevin Costner) has brought his innocent young son Sam (Gattlin Griffith Changeling) and sullen teenage daughter Louisa (Ivana Baquero, Pan's Labyrinth) to a new home to start their lives over after James's wife abandoned them. The house, of course, is huge and in the middle of an overgrown forest--and the discovery of a strange mound nearby doesn't make things any less spooky. Louisa's adolescent hormones practically beg for supernatural possession, and before long she's covered in mud, breaking out in a prickly , and pushing girls down the stairway at school. There's nothing unexpected in The New Daughter, but that doesn't mean it's ineffective; Spanish director Luis Berdejo makes good use of ambient sound, well-timed jolts, and Baquero's porcelain-doll features. Costner seems a little out of his element, but when he's faced with some horrible choices, he captures the torment of a her who fears he can't save his children. As is often the case, the more we see, the less y it is, so it's good that Berdejo holds back on the creepy-crawlies for as long as he can. Horror fans will find much to enjoy in The New Daughter. --Bret Fetzer Stills from New Daughter (Click for larger image)