haleyriley97

First, I want to start by mentioning that if fictional animal cruelty is triggering for you, do not watch this film or skip 23:53-24:13.

I thought the idea for this film was interesting. I always enjoy checking out different cult-related movies and was interested after I read that some events were based off of real life experiences from ex-cult members. However, this one just didn't do it for me.

There's a lot of telling instead of showing, underdevelopment, and rushing through the interesting parts while lagging through the boring stuff. I didn't feel like I was shown why I should like and care for the main character. I felt like I was simply supposed to care because that's what the movie wanted. And the whole performance of the main actress was incredibly bland to me, which didn't help. I also wanted to see more of the creepiness of the apartment and other tenants before things really picked up. Same with the work friend. They had two conversations and then they're acting like close friends. None of it felt believable, which is unfortunate. Like I said, I think it's an interesting plot. But the development of the plot and the characters just wasn't enough for me.

This movie knows exactly what it is and has fun with it! It isn't groundbreaking, however it obviously want trying to be.

There's a lot of cliches and stereotypical characters, but nothing too bad. Two of the main characters, Jennifer and Garrett, were poorly acted at times, but they're tolerable. The humor was cheesy at times, but enjoyable nonetheless (the owlcat's escape and "we lost both of the Brads" being a couple of my favorite parts.) I was pleasantly surprised with the twist. I wasn't expecting a competent story going in to this movie, so that was a little nice. And there were quite a few solid camera shots that were really nice.

Overall, the movie is dumb, campy fun and I enjoyed watching it! It definitely wasn't that best movie I've ever seen, but it's far from the worse! Give it a try!

What's worse then a really bad movie? A mediocre one. And that's exactly what this movie is; just meh.

The dialogue and acting is very shallow and simple. The movie drags at times with some scenes being longer then they need to be. Sometimes logic is just tossed out the window. The creature is clearly meant to be deep and symbolic, but instead it just comes off as very cheesy and lame.

You can tell what the writer and director were trying to do with the story and themes. Unfortunately, it just didn't come together for them.