What's confounding, is how a film that's so well directed and written can lose all sense of dread it built in a matter of minutes.
It's true that all horror movies struggle with their endings. I'm fact both comedies and horror movies struggle with their endings.
But this film does such a wonderful job of keeping you on the edge of your seat that it's frustrating that half way through they change the tone of the film. We start with terror and zero comedy but by the end, the director intentionally introduces a character so stupid that you can't help but laugh/roll your eyes at his stupidity. And we aren't taking ignorant. We are talking full blown dumb blond level of stupid.
By the final act, there's even a classic comedy joke "it'll never find us in here..." *creature bursts through the wall.
It was meant to be a joke but why? Why make the film funny at all? Was the filmmaker too afraid to just be a horror film?
Simple Suggestions:
Keep the first half and rewrite the villain and second half. Remove the weird monster story that makes no sense. In fact, take out all the fantastic plot elements and just have a straight up serial killer be behind it all.
That alone would have vastly improved this film.
It's true that all horror movies struggle with their endings. I'm fact both comedies and horror movies struggle with their endings.
But this film does such a wonderful job of keeping you on the edge of your seat that it's frustrating that half way through they change the tone of the film. We start with terror and zero comedy but by the end, the director intentionally introduces a character so stupid that you can't help but laugh/roll your eyes at his stupidity. And we aren't taking ignorant. We are talking full blown dumb blond level of stupid.
By the final act, there's even a classic comedy joke "it'll never find us in here..." *creature bursts through the wall.
It was meant to be a joke but why? Why make the film funny at all? Was the filmmaker too afraid to just be a horror film?
Simple Suggestions:
Keep the first half and rewrite the villain and second half. Remove the weird monster story that makes no sense. In fact, take out all the fantastic plot elements and just have a straight up serial killer be behind it all.
That alone would have vastly improved this film.
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