“Nix” (*1/2 out of four) was a pretentious muddle about a dysfunctional family (Michael Pare, Dee Wallace, James Zimbardi, and others) who discover a mysterious and unknown entity that has manifested itself from their own madness and secrecy and only when they resolve their dysfunction and conflict can this creature go away. More fun (and scares) may have ensued if they had all embarked together on family counseling instead; ridiculous and molasses-moving psychobabble seems to be building but has no real story to tell. Ryan Broomberg’s moody and bleak cinematography is film’s only asset. It’s nice to see Wallace and Pare back on screen again but they and you should have “nixed” this from their list.