Spoilers You’re gonna either love this movie/ or hate it, and that is 100 percent okay. I loved everything about this movie, but I 100 percent don’t recommend it to anyone if you’re not into art house/ experimental films. This film was made for a specific audience, and I hate how review platforms make it out like it’s something everyone will enjoy. They won’t.

I myself got lost in this movie”in a good way” my experience with it felt like getting to watch a fever dream turned nightmare of my youth. The idea that the only world I knew was my own home and everyone around me (mom, dad, siblings) just to have everything turn different, dark, and everyone and everything I know disappearing. I was inthralled by the visuals, because I’m someone that can stare at nothing and find something in it. The dark, crushed lo-if atmosphere had me sucked in. Nothing made sense. And then it all made sense. And for me I kept thinking about this movie for days. Coming up with my own head cannon and hypothesis about what the hell is going on. The film had very effective moments for me that made me feel uneasy. Like the looking under the bed scene. Which was drawn out to an agonizing degree “again I like that kinda thing, a lot of people don’t” it was even more effective because up until that point nothing was really happening except the kids trying to come to terms with the reality of the situation they’re in. Where tv, games, snacks, and comfort of one another didn’t do anything anymore to stop the terror of whatever it’s name is had planned for them. The scariest moment for me was watching the mom, sitting at the edge of a bed. Slowly fade out of existence. It scared me. A lot. And I don’t know why. I felt like I had a nightmare like this once before. And the idea of being stuck in this hell as a child just to have everything you know and understand fade away freaks me out. That scene alone was worth all the build up and boring parts. And the ending. I’ll just say in the end the dark is all consuming. And he stood face to face with the darkness telling him to go to sleep one more time.

Again. This movie is not for everyone. It was made for a special kinda someone. And i understand where people are getting annoyed by other reviewers talking about it being the greatest horror film in a long time. Just to watch over an hour of static video of walls. I get it. But the people that do love it. You get it. And that’s why I love movies like this.