Summary: a podcaster starts experiencing the demonic.
When A24 first started out they were a breath of fresh air and prepared to take chances, this shows that even the freshest air can quickly turn stale. Not only does this film borrow heavily from other demonic possession films it also has a lot of A24isms.
If you wanted to make a drinking game out of it, you’d say random shots of different things with symbolism, a young diverse protagonist, and the idea of depth without actually giving any. Quickly Neon is taking over the horror game. If you have ever watched a horror film before you’ll know exactly where this is going from the start.
A confusing moment was that it was demon who was causing all of the protagonist trouble over the course of the film, yet the film kept trying to imply it was the mother of the lead who was the malevolent force. She would be used for a number of the behind you sort of scares, but at the end of the day she wasn’t evil at all.
Overall, fairly generic art house fare.
2.5/5
Pros.
The use of backwards lyrics to children’s songs was an interesting idea
A few good scares
The pacing
Cons.
You’ve seen it before
A number of the scares don’t land and feel incredibly oblivious
The performances aren’t good
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