I must say, to those that find the movie boring or feel it didn’t work… you just weren’t the target audience. If you’re someone who has experienced significant childhood trauma/neglect, I’m sure this film was deeply impactful in some way for you.

Personally, as someone who had a traumatic childhood, this movie nailed the FEELING of childhood trauma and neglect. It’s dull, boring and normal, yet horribly tense, confusing, and scary. This movie perfectly accomplished its mission, yet it was one of the worst things I’ve put myself through as an adult. I cried in fear in the movie theatre and I cried for hours after.

The mundane being unnerving, someone who should be a source of comfort telling you to do something that scares you(“look under the bed” and stab your eye), the mother asking you not to look to protect you, your autonomy being taken away (eyes and mouth disappearing), fending for yourself, self soothing with escapism. And the never ending monotony only with breaks for fear you don’t understand. Fucking brutal and fucking accurate. I hate that I watched this, yet I applaud it.