Mellisa Noel

The movie has merit for very accurately portraying postpartum depression and psychosis. Alex, the father’s role truly encompasses how oblivious some dads can be when the mother is going through the most emotionally draining chapter in her life. Then, once he realizes how bad it actually is, he blames her and makes her feel even more crazy. Pushing a doctor on her that she doesn’t even know, who pressures her into taking medication and guilting her for not seeking help when they moved, is more infuriating than the baby crying the whole movie. Emma Roberts does incredible illustrating the range of emotions a mother experiences when dealing with PPD. The emotional detachment towards your own baby, followed by guilt because you don’t feel insane happiness at just having a baby. Hallucinations from psychosis that potentially put the baby in danger. Yet she still has love for her child even if she can’t show it well, you can see that by her worry when he is in “danger”. The horror plot of the film is loose and missing pieces, there was definitely room to develop the story more. Albeit, the ghost kids living in the walls was definitely creepy. A deep dive of what happened prior, how grotesque it was through flashbacks or a possession would have helped a lot in terms of scare factor. Overall it felt more like a drama than a horror film. Yet still giving 4 stars for the complete accuracy of mental illness and absent partners.