Mikayla Graves

Now, this is a scary movie! I’ve been watching scary movies for two weeks, and I finally found one! Exceptional. It’s psychological horror, with a good plot, with surreal imagery, with the good kind of jump scares, with atmospheric horror. Loved it.

How do you make a modern movie where people scream “Alexa!” literally a hundred times? “Alexa! Where are you?” My tablet’s like, “I’m right here!” 🤣 Feels like a major oversight. It’s an acceptable movie, but it’s not good. Feels like a subpar version of Grave Encounters. Could have been worse, I guess.

Solid, mostly, but illogical. While watching everything prior to the end, I found it suspenseful and interesting, but, in hindsight, the entire premise is illogical. If something was capable of what it was capable of, then it couldn’t be so easily contained. (Trying to avoid spoilers.) The end was bad, but I don’t regret watching it. It just doesn’t make any sense.

Idk. I wanted to love this. Wanted to watch “art.” Wanted to be surprised, puzzled, and fascinated. Actually, I just yawned a lot and waited for it to all make sense. Still waiting. I have a sky-high tolerance for ambiguity, and storytelling is my craft. Still, tho. Idk. It was different, but it wasn’t much of anything.

Some of the hype got my expectations too high. It’s a good movie. Some of the camera work was exceptional. Made me remember movies are meant to be art. That said, it’s only mildly surreal. Pretty straight forward, honestly. (Not sure why so many people claim to be confused.) More action than true horror. Worth a watch, though.

Interesting. Less “horror” and more…something else. Magic-realism drama, maybe? It kept my attention from start to finish. Clever storytelling device and camera work. Worth watching, whatever it is. Though, trigger warning for SA themes.

Eh. I guess? I’m not a fan of body horror, and this is body horror with some psychological horror. I’d prefer a jump scare to watching someone cut off their own limb, personally. It’s not so much scary as unsettling. And the attempt at trauma and self-growth themes are garbled and incorrect, imo. You don’t overcome trauma by hating, battling, and destroying the tainted part of you. You overcome self-hatred/shame/trauma with self-love. I mean, maybe that’s what the end was trying to convey?Idk. It was real abstract…which is odd, considering there was a literal voice over trying to add gravitas to this “meh” of a movie. Honestly, I can’t think of a reason why anyone should watch this other than it’s relatively tolerable to pass the time. Nothing new here.

Well, it’s no Zombeavers. I thought it might be a horror-comedy. This is neither funny nor scary. It’s preaching solid themes, but it’s still preaching. Feels like a Nickelodeon/ABC-Family horror movie made for kids in 2025, you know? It’s certainly no Hocus Pocus, either. It’s just silly. I don’t know what kind of social media ploy got all these glowing 5* reviews, but I doubt anyone actually cares about this.

It’s fine. I watched it while making a Walmart order and it still—mostly—made sense, so…it’s not unfathomable. It’s not good, especially. I wouldn’t recommend it, because it’s kinda rehashed and familiar, but worse, but it’s not impossible to watch, either. It’s just fine.

I’ve never so wanted a “protagonist” to get got before. For that alone, I think it’s an interesting experience. The movie is fast paced, erratic, and a decent action-horror hybrid in a found footage style. The plot is pretty shaky, and I’m an author; building plots is my whole thing. Idk. Hated the protag, but that hatred really unleashed a type of horror viewing I’ve never experienced before. I think, for horror fans, it’s worth watching, because it has unique elements. It’s more interesting than likable by a wide margin.