Even the wonderful Alfre Woodard, playing a
bookstore owner and neighbor to the Gordons, can't save the cheesy integration of research from occult books and a resolution that
seems like a halfhearted homage to Father Karras» sacrifice in «The Exorcist.»
Her childhood nemesis, Connie Graham, a reporter for the local TV news station, always
seems to show up at the worst possible time, and the
owner of the local
bookstore, Caleb Joseph, is far too attractive and far too nosy.