The premise is pretty simple. The trailer shows you it's a haunted swimming pool story and, for that, I guess it delivers. But there are a number of reasons why that's not enough.
Firstly, it's a PG story so there's little graphic violence and the only horror comes from the occasional music-led jump scares. They are few and far between, and aren't actually scary.
Secondly, the set up for 93 minute story takes about 70 minutes. The characters are interesting but it takes way too long to build up to anything remotely frightening.
Thirdly, there isn't enough peril. At no point does the audience really feel like lives were in real danger (except maybe the cat). It's a predictable story that plays out in a fairly simple way.
Which brings me to the fourth reason: modern horror movies need a twist or at least a wow moment. Sadly there isn't one here.
5.5/10.
Firstly, it's a PG story so there's little graphic violence and the only horror comes from the occasional music-led jump scares. They are few and far between, and aren't actually scary.
Secondly, the set up for 93 minute story takes about 70 minutes. The characters are interesting but it takes way too long to build up to anything remotely frightening.
Thirdly, there isn't enough peril. At no point does the audience really feel like lives were in real danger (except maybe the cat). It's a predictable story that plays out in a fairly simple way.
Which brings me to the fourth reason: modern horror movies need a twist or at least a wow moment. Sadly there isn't one here.
5.5/10.