Before entering the basement again, enter the door to find a Full Heal. Walk to the left side and down the staircase. Walk up the stairs on the right side to reach the second floor. I did not see that twist coming - a twist that is yanked right out of a popular horror franchise.The area to the left side of the first floor is blocked. And it has serious The Ritual vibes when Hall is stumbling through the nearby forest in the rain - I seriously thought she was going to run into a disemboweled body with antlers high in the trees.Īnd when I say "slow burn," I am not including the last twenty minutes which nearly gets as batshit crazy as James Wan's Malignant. There's a scene that essentially starts at the same point featured in the the movie poster thumbnail that is a work of art. Thankfully, the score is simpler - just haunting and moody, nearly a perfect blend with the visuals and cinematography.
There's a few scenes where she eyeballs someone to death (figuratively). Her acting shifts between so many feelings, moods and expressions: grieving, vulnerable, scared, depressed, angry, horrified and tough - tough as nails. She is awesome in this and she is in nearly every single minute of the 110 minute runtime. And Flanagan prefers his female leads tall, brunette, beautiful, and strong - they don't put up with any bullshit.Īnd that, my friends, describes Rebecca Hall to the T. Essentially a riff on the main premise of King's "Bag of Bones," with genders reversed.
Couple that with the pent up frustration of not being able to see this in a theater for six freaking weeks, I bought it instantly when it finally dropped on streaming.Īnd I say Goddamn! Expectations met! It's the complete opposite of The Ritual - a slow-burn, character-driven ghost story which could have been a Michael Flanagan adaption of Stephen King. I had high expectations for David Bruckner's followup to his 2017 mindfuck of a movie The Ritual (which I gave 5 stars to - I may grade high but I reserve the highest rating for the best of the best).
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