Nothing about Dani was worth dying for and it was so unnecessary for her ex-husband and the new guy who was interested in her to lose their lives on her behalf. I thought it was so petty that she wouldn't tell her ex-husband, Craig, why he couldn't stay in the house. She hated him that much? Then she cried over his body when she could have prevented it. She should feel guilty about that for the rest of her life.
I didn't see the point of the third friend. The screentime and time with Dani between the two friends was so uneven that I just knew the "twist" would have the third friend be the villain's accomplice.
The villain made no sense. Having a psychotic breakdown after a divorce to the point that you kill women who are divorced? How would he know the difference btwn the various reasons for the divorces? This doesn't apply to Dani, but what if it was an abusive marriage? Or if there was an affair? Utterly stupid reasoning. Why is he stalking her off the property? What was the point of killing Jack? And poor Jack, left to decompose in his home for a woman he'd only known for a few hours.
As someone else mentioned, the best thing about the movie was the house and the scenery. I am here for any shots of the beach. Which is sort of another criticism I have. I recognize these movies don't have huge budgets, but I wish they would make the homes their own characters more often than they do. I mean it was the psycho's house so it would have been cool to see them use the house against him. Think Wait Until Dark, where by the climax, the apartment felt claustrophobic, but Susy's knowledge of it helped her save her own life. Now I want to go watch that film. It's amazing.
This is not a movie I plan to watch again. Not even as background noise. If you want to watch a vacation home nightmare movie, watch Fatal Getaway instead. It's not a Hitchock thriller, but it's better than this.
I didn't see the point of the third friend. The screentime and time with Dani between the two friends was so uneven that I just knew the "twist" would have the third friend be the villain's accomplice.
The villain made no sense. Having a psychotic breakdown after a divorce to the point that you kill women who are divorced? How would he know the difference btwn the various reasons for the divorces? This doesn't apply to Dani, but what if it was an abusive marriage? Or if there was an affair? Utterly stupid reasoning. Why is he stalking her off the property? What was the point of killing Jack? And poor Jack, left to decompose in his home for a woman he'd only known for a few hours.
As someone else mentioned, the best thing about the movie was the house and the scenery. I am here for any shots of the beach. Which is sort of another criticism I have. I recognize these movies don't have huge budgets, but I wish they would make the homes their own characters more often than they do. I mean it was the psycho's house so it would have been cool to see them use the house against him. Think Wait Until Dark, where by the climax, the apartment felt claustrophobic, but Susy's knowledge of it helped her save her own life. Now I want to go watch that film. It's amazing.
This is not a movie I plan to watch again. Not even as background noise. If you want to watch a vacation home nightmare movie, watch Fatal Getaway instead. It's not a Hitchock thriller, but it's better than this.