“The Cellar” (** out of four) was a stiff-jointed horror thriller about a woman (Elisha Cuthbert) whose daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of her mansion and she soon uncovers that there is a whole lotta paranormal activity going on and that she has to leave before it is too late yet at the same time try to find and save her daughter. Lushly lensed and has good atmosphere but unfortunately story covers all-too-familiar territory (can they please stop making horror movies about haunted houses) and is ploddingly told. Director Brendan Muldowney has Cuthbert looking at television and watching “The Changeling” which covered the same material over 40 years ago!