That’s right, folks, we’ve got another installment in the growing lineup that is Ghost House Underground titles. And while we’ve seen some great ones come out of this, we’ve also seen some pretty low end stuff come out of it too. And thanks to the folks at Lions Gate, who sent a copy over, we get to see where Psych 9 falls in.

Psych 9 follows a young lady who’s taken a new job as security at a recently closed hospital. She’s working nights, enjoying the peace and quiet…at least until strange things start happening. And as our heroine discovers what’s going on in the hospital, the more threatening it looks. Can she find out the truth behind what happened before the hospital closed, or will it put paid to her first?

I’ll hand it to the first half of this movie–it’s got a couple of those good old fashioned Sam Raimi-style jump scares, which is just awesome, and the hospital itself is this dingy, run-down wreckage that can only be described as creepy, so when you put ominous setting together with freaky jump-scares, you’ve got at least part of a nice bit of horror flick.

It does start to fall apart through the middle, however, but a goodish chunk of that can be chalked up to the nature of the movie itself. This is freaky stuff. We’re dealing with a woman who may or may not have a grip on reality, and things will only get creepier.

It gets badly muddled, but by the time we close in on the end, we get a better look at what all is going on. And though we’ll like precious little of it, the ending is going to be pretty scary by the end.

Psych 9 doesn’t exactly qualify as one of the good Ghost House titles, on par with The Children or The Substitute. But Psych 9 doesn’t qualify as a bad one either, no Dark Floors or No Man’s Land: Rise of the Reeker here. This is a solidly middle of the road title that will do have its job exceedingly well and the other half only marginally so.

Thus, the Screenhead Ten Scale gives Psych 9 a six out of ten for doing its job well, though not as well as it might. Horror buffs, you’ll want to try this one out yourself, and possibly inflict it on a few neophytes for added entertainment value.