Intense movie, if not that scary

Rating: 7/10 (8 July 2018)

I bought this movie based on the high reviews, and it didn't disappoint. It's nice to see a "horror" movie that isn't dependent on gratuitous gore, which I can't stand to watch. Kept my interest, even with the almost no dialogue. The actors all did their parts well, though the daughter irritated me several times. The reason I didn't rate it higher is due to the pivotal moment that happens at the beginning that resonates throughout the movie. Several blame themselves for the death of the youngest child. The daughter for giving the kid the toy, the mother for not carrying her youngest, and the father for not being able to reach his son fast enough. None of those is reason the boy died. It was the idiot who wrote the script and/or directed the scene of them walking home. Who in their right minds puts both parents in the lead and lets their children walk single file behind them with the youngest in the very back??? Did they really think threats only come from in front of them, when everyone should know that it's what can sneak up on you that is the worst? The kids should have been between the parents, with one of the adults bringing up the rear. That would have prevented the whole beginning tragedy, but then they wouldn't have had the angst that follows them the rest of the movie. Was that really the point or should it have been the awful creatures that hunted them if they made the slightest sound?