The_Swedish_Reviewer

This has to be the most ridiculous horror movie ever made. There's a monster living in their house, which both daughters have seen, and it only thrives in the dark. Yet the house remains almost entirely dark. How about turning on some lights?

The clueless father notices nothing and assumes the youngest daughter is just "processing" the grief of losing her mother in a car crash. Oh, so original and groundbreaking, right?

The eldest daughter decides it's a brilliant idea to visit the wife of a man who committed suicide, who also conveniently has her own monster. Of course, her house is dark as well, even in the middle of the day. Seriously!

If a badass 12 gauge shotgun won't get the job done, then what will? Hmm... how about an ice hockey stick?

The plot is so absurd it's almost impressive. As with most bad horror movies, everyone behaves in ways completely opposite to what normal people would do. To cover up the terrible storyline, jump scares are piled on so excessively it becomes cartoonish. It's like mixing burgers, fries, pizza, ice cream, and candy, assuming the mess will be amazing.

What happened to the classic director's trick known as "Less is more"?

Just like the rest of the movie, we are left completely in the dark, with no background, context, or explanation for what's going on.

Do yourself a favor, skip this one and pick something else.

This film is no exception. It feels incredibly cheap. It lacks professional direction, and the actors seem to be at a pre-amateur level. Even Glenn Close came across as a wooden, 2-dimentional, stereotypical female scientist who looked like a man. So why not pick a male actor then?

The protagonist's is very unlikable and her slick, shallow attitude was genuinely off-putting. She is a zombie but a "good" and "polite" zombie. Come on! Also, the kids at the military facility were inexplicably slick and overly polite as well, despite being treated as trash. Neither made is sense as they were supposedly "normal" with human emotions until they smelled blood.

The zombies look extremely low-budget, with makeup reminiscent of something from the 60s. Clearly the budget didn't extend to skilled makeup artists. Basically a bunch of extras with dirty faces and clothing.

The child zombies' performances were so bad that I had to fast forward to avoid unbearable cringe. Whatever they did in front of the camera knocked down my 3 starts to 1.

Finally, the ending...wow, so incredibly creative and groundbreaking "twist" - NOT! To top it off, a school for zombie kids!?

Give me a break.

Overall, it's a terrible, cheap, low-budget. Poorly directed and oh so British film that isn't worth your time or money.

He wanted nothing more than to be a good partner, but as soon as things get a little complicated in a relationship, of course She tells him to stay away, flirts with the neighbor/colleague, and treats Him badly. In this film, the girlfriend's irritating attitude is no exception. I know the actors are actually married in real life, but this cliché relationship felt incredibly overused.

The film itself isn't particularly good. It's a low-budget body horror movie, and the core theme-being "together"-comes off as rather silly. In fact, the film is more unsettling at the beginning, where we get a few jump scares, but then it quickly goes downhill.

Many have praised the actors' performances, but I think all three protagonists deliver mediocre work-the guy as the meek, lost, nerdy "musician," her as the self-important and arrogant young teacher, and, of course, the neighbor/colleague, who is just so wholesome and friendly that he inevitably becomes the main suspect. On the contrary, the characters are flat, two-dimensional, and very predictable.

Then there's the whole idea with the cave and the well of water. That's probably the dumbest part of the entire film. No normal person who ends up in a hole in the ground would act like that, which drags the rating down even further to school-theater level. I got the feeling most of the film was shot in a studio, when a real house and forest would've worked much better.

Overall, it is a mediocre, amateurish low-budget attempt you will forget pretty immediately.