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It's a stormy night. Mama (Joely Richardson) and Maisy (Sadie Soverall) are celebrating a birthday in their isolated farm with Pa, an immobile black man. Suddenly, there is banging at the door. A young man is demanding entry for him and his injured friend.

I like the opening section. Everybody is acting suspicious and nobody can be trusted. Obviously, Joely Richardson is the big name and face. It would be nice to concentrate more on Maisy. I thought that this would be better as a claustrophobic thriller inside the farm house. Ramp up the storm more and it has a ready made excuse to be imprisoned in a five character play. Anyways, I don't like every turn, but it's a fine little indie as it stands.

True, more a thriller than a horror film,(no zombies or ghosts...lol) but...well worth watching.

Saw another reviewer said ''after 20 minutes , so predictable'' he quit watching....... Damn near took his advice ,glad I DIDN'T.

The trailer comes across like countless movies about stumbling into some nut job family , nope a better story.

A few good twists to it.

Pacing is perfect, Begin's telling ya just enough about the characters to make ya think ya know them , then the story steadily increases in detail,action and twists.

As far as acting and writing goes..Everyone convincing , story line kept me pulled in till the end.

{Huge Kudos to the woman that played the ''MOM''} --------------------------------------------------------------------- IMHO There are movies well worth watching ,but only once. Because the twists.

This movie is worth a watch.

This was surprisingly well put together, with great cinematography and a fitting score - a rare quality in B films. All casting and performances from actors I've never heard of were excellent and convincing. Newb writer Neil Linpow, who also played the Jack character, makes his full length feature film debut with a fairly decent screenplay, albeit a little predictable. Directing by Matthias Hoene was also impressive, as he was able to maintain a constant tone of suspense. The pacing did have some issues, and certainly could've been a little faster in some areas, because the 93 min runtime did feel much longer. Nevertheless, a decent one-time watch and a well deserved 7/10 from me.

Any fan of thriller movies will probably enjoy this. It's not great, it has its flaws but it's entertaining and intense. I agree with a reviewer who mentioned issues about the pacing, this should have been 5 minutes shorter and better edited. It's not a big problem though, this is still an interesting movie.

Actors were amazing. Everyone did a great job, this is probably the biggest quality of this movie.

If you have watched many movies, you will probably predict a lot of things during the first half hour. It's not the most original movie of the world, however i don't remember many original thrillers recently. Unfortunately, i guessed the big twist early in this movie, but still, it was a fun ride. Things got messy and chaotic in the last 20 minutes but i liked that, too.

I had no problem with plausibility here, i have watched way more far fetched stories. It's a thriller, not a documentary. And characters had a background too, they were well written, you empathize with them, even with the bad ones, you see clear their motives.

Watch it without reading a lot about this. Some reviews here reveal too much.

Not a horror movie, but definitely a thriller.... This was a decent little watch, nothing new, but the acting was good, the pacing smooth and the atmosphere worked. Maybe it's just because I have kids, but I'm not sure why people are saying these are all new faces to acting because the Mother (Joely Richardson) I will never forget as Anita from the live action 101 Dalmatians with Glenn Close. She also had a decent part in nip/tuck, and was in Event Horizon and The Patriot, as well as quite a few small parts here and there in other things including more stuff parents would see with teenage daughters. So while not a big name she should be recognizable to many.... Now, I realize these parts span the genre's but I guess I figured most people watch a variety of things like I do. Maybe they just never recognized her? Anyway, there were some other cast that I have seen as well in stuff, like the daughter also being in the Winx saga (again teenage daughter in this house lol) Although most haven't been in the sheer number of things that Richardson has. That said, while this was predictable, it was worth a watch. Especially if you like the home invasion type movies where the roles flip and the aggressors become the targets... I do like these types of movies and enjoyed it. A solid 5 to 5 1/2 stars, decent but forgettable once seen. Worth a watch though if looking for something you haven't seen yet.