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Director: Ethan Wiley Stars: Arye Gross, Jonathan Stark, Lar Park Lincoln, Amy Yasbeck Writer: Ethan Wiley Tagline: "Doom with a View" Country: USA

Jesse (Ayre Gross) is moving into his family home - a family he didn't even know existed, as he was adopted out as a baby soon after his real parents were killed by a mysterious figure. He and his girlfriend, music mogul in training Kate (Lar Park Lincoln) are making themselves at home when his pal Charlie (Jonathon Stark) and his pop-artist wannabe girl Jana (Amy Yasbeck) drop in for a party and a mooch. Jesse is investigating his family's history and discovers an ancestor was a Wild West gunslinger who was buried with an artifact missing from the family home.

Jesse and Charlie go to the local cemetery to dig up the grave of the ancestor to get some of the artifacts, specifically a crystal skull, when his body rises from the grave and introduces himself as 'Gramps' (Royal Dano). Gramps tells of the mystical powers of the crystal skull, and soon evil spirits are trying to steal it from the house. The supernatural happenings cause rooms in the house to change into mysterious time traveling doors, where the friends can travel through, to try and reclaim the skull...

This film proves one thing. First time directors need to be warned that if your special effects team convinces you that 'puppets' are a good idea, they all need to be sacked. None of the puppets were in the slightest bit convincing, and there are so manyof themI sometimes felt like I was enduring a ninety minute episode of Fraggle Rock, although Fraggle Rock never insulted my intelligence like this film.