For me, the strength of this movie really lies in the acting. All members of the family and the villian are really really compelling. And then there's the very disturbing elements; I'm used to seeing movies with disturbing elements that have spotty acting, but movies that have very disturbing elements with immaculate acting are rare.
6.5, but lost .5 because of a boring and cliched hollywood ending:
**minor spoiler**
When the lead stabs the villian in the final scene, it's made out to be this huge dramatic thing despite looking very stupid. The music swells and crescendos right at the moment of attack, the villian is killed by a weapon that is super ironic; it's really just crap. Thankfully it's only like 20 seconds of the movie. And while all this cliche crap is going on, everyone is being engulfed in flames including the lead's daughter, so maybe MOVE YOUR ASS instead of having your cliched dramatic hollywood moment. Yea, it was stupid. But every other aspect of this movie is awesome.
It's also important to note that this is one of those super rare movies that really EARNS your fear. There are approximately ZERO "loud noise" jump scares in this one. We don't have time for that childish bs here. It's all just creepiness to the max, and I loved it.
"Relic" is another one of these movies that earns your fear, and I highly recommend.
6.5, but lost .5 because of a boring and cliched hollywood ending:
**minor spoiler**
When the lead stabs the villian in the final scene, it's made out to be this huge dramatic thing despite looking very stupid. The music swells and crescendos right at the moment of attack, the villian is killed by a weapon that is super ironic; it's really just crap. Thankfully it's only like 20 seconds of the movie. And while all this cliche crap is going on, everyone is being engulfed in flames including the lead's daughter, so maybe MOVE YOUR ASS instead of having your cliched dramatic hollywood moment. Yea, it was stupid. But every other aspect of this movie is awesome.
It's also important to note that this is one of those super rare movies that really EARNS your fear. There are approximately ZERO "loud noise" jump scares in this one. We don't have time for that childish bs here. It's all just creepiness to the max, and I loved it.
"Relic" is another one of these movies that earns your fear, and I highly recommend.