NINE friends gather in a rambling Scottish mansion where the spirit of a mad, dead Scottish man starts causing all kinds of bloody havoc.

One by one he possesses the housemates who then turn on each other, slashing and slaying at will.

Nine Lives is essentially a horror film version of Channel 4's Big Brother but with evidently less thought put into it.

The acting is totally ludicrous throughout and shows a complete lack of any hope for the future from this bunch of young actors.

The poor performance trophy winner has to be Paris Hilton however, as during the 15 minutes she manages to stay alive in the movie, she merely stutters and pouts. Her diction is dreadful but this could be as a direct result of the weight of the lip gloss which is plastered onto her face.

The film is set throughout the night but it would have been nice if there had been a little more lighting as at times the actions of the characters are hard to make out and it's difficult to actually tell who is killing who. Not that I cared, as long as they all received their just desserts for their complete lack of talent.

HC