A family are travelling through the American desert state of Nevada. They stop at a diner where the locals aren't exactly welcoming and when they ask about an old mining ghost town called Weaver they are told that there's no such place. Good job that it does exist otherwise we'd have no movie. They carry on regardless and sure enough they find Weaver. After a look around they decide to carry on with their journey but guess what, their car won't start! That's just the start of their problems. This is an American made for TV movie so in terms of horror it is quite restrained, but that's fine. However, it was shot in Australia. Unfortunately many of the Aussie actors can't do a convincing American accent, the landscape doesn't look right for Nevada (I have been there), some of the vehicles are right hand drive, and even a large Saguaro cactus looks plastic! The film does have a few creepy moments but the horror is an odd mixture of supernatural and science fiction (Weaver is situated by a former nuclear test site) which don't really gel. I didn't see the twist end coming but it was worth sticking around for. Disappearance is alright for a one time watch but chances are that it will disappear from your memory soon afterwards.
Review of Disappearance
