km_staple
It wasn't completely awful. The worst scene of all was the flashback with the priest and family around the table. Some of the worst acting and dialogue I've ever heard. It had some good moments so I don't feel like I wasted the whole time.
jaa-30884
Like many other reviewers, I saw the high early rating (7.9) and dove right in. I quickly regretted it. The premise was okay. To its credit, I thought there was some depth to the subtext. The director plays a lot with the "Primacy Effect" of our first meeting with the characters. The viewer is definitely expected to evolve their perception of who is good and who is evil. Had they dwelt more on the psychological tension and made the kidnappers sit face to face with their victim, the movie may have made more of an impact. As it is, the role reversal created more plot holes than tension. There are decent moments of body horror in the second half of the film, but I was too fatigued from all the unnecessary jump scares to care. There were several moments were the dialog / delivery took me completely out of the scene to wonder where is this set, do people speak like that in whatever setting this is? It's not the worst thing to stream, but you'd need to be pretty deep into your queue before this ever seemed like a good choice.
fruitypebbles731
It was alright.Could've been a lot better or worse.I would recommend watching it at least once but don't bother to own it.I would label this movie as horror demonic genre...It also has some mysterious suspenseful moments.
Sjalka Rjadottir
The movie could have been much better if they had fleshed out the characters more. While i am not too unhappy with the acting as such (it is OK-ish) ... the characters themselves are mere stereotypes and never evolve from there on.Most of the "scariness" comes from very predictable jump scares or very common horror tropes. (hence, not scary, nor suspenseful) - i mean - of course i flinch when confronted by a jump scare - but it has no lasting effect but rather leaves me with a feeling of annoyance.The story itself is standard - and predicted by one of the protagonists early on "expect the unexpected" which - unfortunately ... for that kind of scary movie ... is exactly "the expected".Was it a waste of time to watch it? - no, not really... but it is nothing i will remember after watching it. Neither cinematography, images or story design is even above average.