I am late to the show, but what a deplorable slasher film. The inserts of gore scenes were only tasteful to the audience but incredibly irrelevant and immaterial to the plot. I understand the demon arch - that makes sense, but to not have that illustrated, to incorporate characters simply to mutilate them with a (my opinion) sexualised undertone and make no impression on the demon arch plot other than simply confirming that, yep, the demon narrative is still a thing is not a great way to spend 2 hours. Everything was cliched and predictable (which is fine) but the main character who was targeted by the antagonist made ZERO progress โฆ wait what was her character trend exactly? I mean, it was not like she wasnโt invested in addressing the issue of the antagonists resurrection at hand or rectifying her past or ignoring it? It was hinted that she and her brother were going to make a practical step to figuring it out made evident based on her discussion with her brother on the phone prior to his arrival, but nothing ever came to fruition in the final scene? Something? Anyway, ZERO progress which is (my opinion) what the 3rd of a trilogy SHOULD be - see the โSawโ movies for example.
I do not get the jumps or threads in scenes either. The stitches were poorly delivered - it felt like I was watching two different movies at the start of the movie that were of two different genres.
I think that if you want to pull off an incredible gore film with an emotionally compelling plot about a character, you need to work the gore into reason - not just for us to squirm at. Otherwise, itโs so distasteful. Itโs just there. See โThe Flyโ, โThe Thingโ, or โBraindeadโ for some greater comparative gore films.
The only positive was the gore and torture choices of the antagonists (for what it was worth) was smack in your face, which I didnโt mind if that was all I was ranking.