Jonathan Rivers (Keaton) world turns upside down when his author wife (Chandra West) is found dead of an apparent accident. His grief turns him to a man named Raymond (McNeice) who does experiments with EVP Electronic Voice Phenomena. This phenomenon allows the dead to communicate with the living through machines and electronics. Raymond tells Jonathan that he is getting messages from his wife which drives him to invest in equipment and see, or hear for himself. This leads to an unhealthy obsession that gets out of hand fast. The EVP in this script is a cool idea and early on Director Geoffrey Sax uses this for a few solid jump scares and some genuine creepy moments. Unfortunately it runs out of steam quickly after these first few scenes. The second half of this movie just mail's it in and it definitely misses a good opportunity. The sound design is excellent but it is wasted on scenes that are just simply dull. The script is way too involved in Jonathan's obsession with the EVP and a simpler and straight forward approach by the writers and director would have helped a lot. This is certainly watchable, but instantly forgettable.
Review of White Noise
