Skyler Miles

when you compare it to the actual Blair Witch Project I can see why it got bad reviews but other than that I really don't understand the low rating. Plot and acting isnt steller but this is genuinely one of the scariest movies I've ever seen (& I've been fine with Hereditary, Midsummer and Insidious) they don't really on cheap jump scares but it also isn't such a slow burn that isn't boring.

i had decided to try and watch every free horror movie on a specific site & d myself I'd force myself to sit through it no matter how bad it got but this movie was so bad I couldn't make it past 22 minutes (& even lasting that long was hard) i've seen hundreds of not thousands of horror movies & I can count the amount of times i've givin one 1 star on both hands. many times when people leave 1 star on a movie i end up actually liking it but this movie sucks. like REALLY sucks. the characters are annoying and unrealistic & the main reason the movie is I insufferable is because the parents suck & not just in a entertaining way where its a main plot point so we become emotionally invested & root for the children. they're not inherently abusive they just obviously don't like their kids & come off as annoyed aunt/uncle. the first night they're at their new house they talk shit about their kids, drink whiskey out of coffee mugs (diabolically gross ) and then get annoyed when their kid in interrupts sexy time. next morning the wife is sitting on the husbands lap AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE and when the daughter comes to them distraught because someone broke her phone they're like "lol you spoiled brat get a job" which...sure she could get a job but she wasn't even being an asshole about it she was just like "I need something in case of emergencies) the whole scene is weird and gross & im all for normalizing intimacy but it gave such a major ick.next few scenes weren't much better & both mom and dad acted like they barely knew these children. acting was also all around terrible

only reason it gets 2 stars instead of 1 is because the acting was good. otherwise this film took a huge dump on everything that made the original good. there are so many continuity errors it makes me feel like like this was originally a completely different movie but Netflix thought it was similar enough to Bird Box to label it a sequel. they took a hard right turn & decided to make the movie centered on someone who had received messages from the entities leading him to believe they were angels & that making other people "see" will help him reunite with his dead daughter. the thing is they didn't do this in a way that was sucessfull at all - there was no twist or big reveal. also apparently dogs have to wear blindfolds as they're susceptible to the entities but birds are ok looking at them? Also you cant take your blindfold off indoors if the blinds aren't closed but one of the main characters removed hers & walked around freely outside for a bot without being affected???? also apparently within the last 10 minutes of the movie the entities can power electricity I a way it can be used as a tool? so they called the entities to them to turn on the gandala but have been living 8 months without electricity??? also dude saw the entities & killed a bunch of people but then can suddnely stop & become the hero? this all excludes the fact that the whole concept doesn't make sense as how tf are they just safe indoors like the the entities cryptonite is wall. you're telling me they can cause people to kill themselves but don't know how to open a door?

one of the worst horror movies I've ever seen & I have a VERY low bar for what I thinks a good horror movie. acting is terrible, special effects are even worse, i genuinely cant believe this is a big budget movie with a theatrical release because its worse than 70% of free straight to streaming sight movies (I've seen better movies on Tubi)

pretty boring. if you liked all the insidious films you'll like this one but it took me a good 5 hours to make it through because i kept getting distracted because its just sooooooooo slow (& not in the good slow burn way) nothing about this film is original (granted its a prequel but still)

its funny how different people view films diffrently. maybe I just have horrible taste in movies but this has been one one my favorite horror flicks I've seen. i think people are thinking the directors are serious when its really more of a horror comedy. the cheesy special effects are that of early 70's horror flicks. the premise is original which alone gives it more stars than most horror flicks these days

I cannot believe this has an average of 5 reviews. genuinely one of the worst horror movies I've ever seen. nothing even happens until the last 20 minutes. anyone saying its original hasn't seen any mutant horror movies before because there was genuinely nothing original about this film.

movie was 30 minutes too long, would have been much better if some of the scenes were removed. i was liking the movie a lot until it actually showed the demon and started relying heavily on bad and unnecessary cgi.

couldn't make it past the first 10 minutes. probably the worst film i've ever seen. not sure if the fade to black between every seen was a stylistic choice but it didn't work

worst acting since twilight. watch something else. there isn't a single redeeming thing I can say about this film.