A good movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since it had been fairly well received, I thought I might as well check it out. Eventually, even if it was never really super scary, the Philippou brothers did deliver a very nice creepy mood (I’m really eager now to see their previous directorial effort, ‘Talk to Me’) and some scenes were actually really nasty to watch. Seriously, I really had to look away a couple of times but, fortunately, it wasn’t the main goal here. It was also neat that they managed to have such a fine actress like Sally Hawkins and she certainly did deliver the goods. Furthermore, horror movies focusing on deaf, dumb or blind people are very often interesting because the characters with such disabilities can’t experience the same thing that you do while you’re watching the movie making for an unsettling but effective end-result. Concerning the story, even though it was always entertaining, to be honest, it turned out to be a mixed bag though. First of all, you might think it’s odd that nobody would check on these kids while they are being taken care of by some new foster parents but, unfortunately, such things do happen. Only a couple of years ago, in the Netherlands, a foster couple was arrested after mistreating badly their foster child for months, even maybe for years, while the Dutch child services failed to properly inspect them. However, most of the rest of the movie didn’t really add up though. For starters, the timing just didn’t work at all. Apparently, Laura did kidnap Connor only a few weeks before but, in the meantime, she already managed to do some kind of ritual on him. And then, completely out of the blue, the foster agency gave her exactly the right child to resurrect her dead daughter? It was all mighty convenient. However, the biggest issue was how on Earth did Laura end up in such a position? How did she learn all this stuff? How did she get these mysterious video tapes? I was waiting the whole duration for some kind of explanation but it never came because the makers basically couldn’t figure this out themselves which was rather frustrating to me. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was still a solid horror flick though and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

7/10