“Grieve” (*1/2 out of four) was a monotonous muddle about a recluse (Paris Peterson) who retreats back to his family’s forest home after suffering a personal loss but soon finds that an ancient evil and force is lurking in the darkness and threatening to overtake him. Exquisitely shot by Evan Henkel and with an eerie music score by Theresa Brown but it all adds up to nothing, since the central story is drab and inert. Directed by Robbie Smith who is the vocalist for Heavy Heavy Low Low but based on this effort needs to set his filmmaking sights a little higher.