This odd sounding title could suggest that the content is yet another fine European horror flick to look forward to. Sadly this far from the case. Instead what lurks somewhat embarrassingly under the cover is a low budget, low effort US horror film.

Life looks like it will soon be getting a whole lot better for teacher and artist Lily (Kelen Coleman); although she may have been dealt a rough card in being deaf, she intends to treat herself and her younger sister to an incredible experience, by moving to Paris.

Her dream is soon quashed however, when her sister is involved in fatal accident.

In an attempt to move on with her life, Lily moves to Cassadaga, a town where her mother attended art school. She hopes this change of scenery will help her start afresh.

It looks like it will do just that too as not long after moving there, she meets Mike (True Blood's Kevin Alejandro), the separated parent of one of her new students. On one of their dates they find themselves at a psychic's house, where Lily soon finds herself contacting her sister through an old gramophone. She gets through too, but she also releases a spirit at the same time.

This spirit had a rough end to her life. So much so that she now wants revenge, and torments Lily into helping her find her killer. The bad news for Lily is that this particular killer happens to be a really nasty piece of work. Sure all killers could be described that way, but this one really is and is of the serial variety, and not one to be messed with. But with the ghost pushing her in that direction, it looks like Lily has little control over the dark fate that awaits her.

The only think that's gonna get murdered is my career by appearing in this rubbish.

Sometimes it comes as a complete surprise how a film as confused as this one could get green-lit by a studio. It's as if the film suffers from a multiple personality disorder; at times it feels like it wants to be seen as a crime thriller, then changes its mind and rather appear as a drama with a heart, and then finally decide that it wants to be a horror film with a trademark horror villain. And surprise surprise, it fails on all counts.

It's this lack of one singular identity that causes the film's many problems. One of which is this: why is the lead character deaf? There have been many deaf characters used in this genre over the years, which is no real surprise. After all, what better way to heighten a sense of horror when the victim can't hear her attacker coming? The character Lily's deafness however, is never used as a weakness. However admirable that may be – why shouldn't a leading character be deaf in this type of film? – it feels like Lily's affliction is only used to tick a box for a possible grant to get the film made in the first place.

But even if you put her deafness to one side, you're still left with a script that not only lacks thrills, but also sense. The film decides to make its audience guess who the killer is in the film; the problem is that by the time the film does its big reveal, there's little chance of having anyone in the audience awake to care.

It also leaves it late in its attempt to create a horrific villainous character. If you look at the likes of the Freddy or Jason films, the main villain of the piece is introduced as early as possible. Here however, the film-makers leave it until the last ten minutes to not only give their character an identity, but also something vaguely violent to do. Ultimately though, you would have indigestion more frightening than this.

Cassadaga's only achievement is to manage to be a describe (and rated) as a horror film, without being remotely horrific. Now that's scary.