Reviews

Things I enjoyed: -Great writing and dialogue -good performances from the cast -intriguing story line -creative storytelling choices

Things I did not enjoy: -long shots without cuts. This was interesting at first but as an audience member I was wishing we were given a break from these long shots. I was exhausted!

*****SPOILER AND TRIGGER WARNING***** ****** ****** ****** -Trigger Warning: there is a sexual assault scene that was quite difficult to watch. There was no respite from this long, raw, and horrific scene. I was not prepared for this. Some visuals, but mostly you just hear it the whole time but it was still terrible to watch.

I love all type of horror movies, but I am particularly creeped out by "slow burns" like this one appeared to be so I gave it a try.

This movie started out great. The story was engaging and interesting. I loved the subtlety with which the scary moments were shown. That is my favorite type of scare. I really hate it when the movie shows you the scary "thing" because it never seems to live up to the frightening image that you've already conjured up in your mind. I loved the relationship dynamic between the two leads as they traverse the increasingly complicated ritual. I loved how there were subtle moments randomly breaking up the "realism" of the world of the movie.... ...and then I saw the ending.

Man oh man, I have never seen an ending so completely at odds with the rest of the film. That has got to be the stupidest depiction of an angel I have ever seen. I really want to know who approved the ending of this film. I wanted to laugh out loud as soon as I saw it which completely undid any of the fear that I had experienced throughout the rest of the movie. It would have been better if they had just used light and not shown any real physical depiction of the angel, why couldn't it just be LIGHT! It would have been so much better! I really would have loved to give this movie a higher rating, the only reason I didn't give it a 2 was because the start and the middle was so strong. But seriously, what a terrible ending. Nice job y'all. Thanks for that.