You ever been to a family reunion? They can be fun, but they can also be downright nerve wracking. And the family reunion we’ll get in The Inheritance, a copy of which the folks out at Image Entertainment sent for us to review, will be just plain old deadly.

The Inheritance follows a group of five cousins, out to have a family reunion. But this family reunion follows tragedy–the cousins are out to secure their legacy as well, a family fortune that goes back centuries. Their uncle Melvin welcomes them, but warns them that they must respect the family traditions. But what that means takes on a new and sinister life as the cousins vanish, one by one. Soon they learn the truth behind not only those “family traditions” uncle Melvin mentioned, but also the truth behind their entire family, as well as the inheritance they all so deeply prize.

The Inheritance isn’t exactly long on the comprehensible, but that’s almost okay given how they’ve set this up. The lack of much in the way of a coherent plotline plays into its hands nicely as we find that we’re just as confused as the flock of cousins who finds themselves neck deep in a horror they are as ill-prepared for as they are understanding of.  Something weird is going on, it’s probably going to kill them, and we’re not a hundred percent sure just why it’s going on.

The only real downside to this approach, though, is that they’re not going to do a whole lot to clear up the confusion, even up to the very end.  The Inheritance is somewhat puzzling in this sense, even though they’re reasonably straightforward about it, and the ending leaves a few more questions than it actually answers.

But still, taken as a whole, The Inheritance really isn’t half bad, and will do a decent job of putting on a worthwhile, scary show. Sure, if you look at it really close it’ll all kind of fall apart into some strange metaphysical mush, but if you leave it be and just accept what’s going on, well, it’ll still fall apart, especially at the end, but by then you’ll be reasonably satisfied anyway.

The Screenhead Ten Scale gives The Inheritance a six out of ten. This decent effort didn’t succeed on every front, but managed to keep things interesting for the most part. There’s a difference between good and good enough, and The Inheritance shows that off plainly.