The Heiress

First things first. The description doesn't really make this all that clear but this is an anthology. The Heiress character and her assistant (?) Daniel only appear in the bridging segments and mainly serve to set up the shorts.

There are some good things about this movie. The cast is good for a low budget indie movie. Some of the costumes look pretty good for the budget. Where the movie really falls down is in the individual segments. The first one is a little slow but okay. Then it goes to the second segment and it's just the same thing in a different place with different characters. The it goes to the third segment and it's just that again. Then it goes to the fourth segment and, you guessed it, it's that again. Then they do a little sequel baiting and it ends.

All four of the segments are, essentially, the same. Locations and characters change but all four of them progress and end the same way. On top of that, the formula they all follow just isn't very interesting or scary. They all try to build tension by showing us the monster while the main character remains unaware of it until later. It maybe works a little in the first segment but only a little since this is such a time-worn cliche. Then they do it a second, third and fourth time and it doesn't work at all. It just gets repetitive and dull.