A new horror series from some of the people who brought you Stranger Things.
One only needs watch the first ten minutes of this to see where it is going, and to see that it is generic. Sadly we had to sit and watch it to the end and yup it goes exactly where you would expect a modern horror series to go.
From the way the couple act you can tell they are going to be insufferable, they are stereotypical millennial or Gen Z adults, listening to true crime as they drive, overly crude and of course nursing some deep seated trauma that they spend every second stewing in.
The broader horror of the show is all about marriage and how ultimately you shouldn’t do it. It deconstructs traditional ideas about relationships and turns them into horror. As we have seen that before, the idea of subverting traditional ideas about relationships just shows how screwed up Hollywood is and how it really doesn’t even understand basic human interactions anymore.
The kindest way to describe this is Netflix slop, you will likely see about 20 other series and films just like this on the streamer if you watch it.
Overall, just bland and dull.
0.5/5
Pros.
At least it’s not more episodes
Cons.
The characters are awful
Its subversion and commentary are played out
It isn’t scary
Its incredibly generic
It is badly paced
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