A Waste of My Money

Rating: 2/10 (15 April 2018)

I was very excited about seeing this movie as it has received many great reviews and recommendations. However, upon viewing it, I just realized people's standards for horror movies just aren't what they should be. This movie has NO plot whatsoever. The acting, I admit, was quite good. The concept of the story was abundant with originality but lacked in a proper execution. For starters, I kid you not, every single movement made by every character was so completely and utterly predictable, this had to be the most original cliché film I've ever seen (not to mention I had the ending figured out within the first 15 minutes of the movie, so that was a bummer). Second of all, it is very hard to believe these people have survived this long. I admit, they had an advantage having a deaf daughter, causing them to have already known sign language which allowed them to communicate while staying silent. I was very excited about seeing this movie as it has received many great reviews and recommendations. However, upon viewing it, I just realized people's standards for horror movies just aren't what they should be. This movie has NO plot whatsoever. The acting, I admit, was quite good. The concept of the story was abundant with originality but lacked in a proper execution. For starters, I kid you not, every single movement made by every character was so completely and utterly predictable, this had to be the most original cliché film I've ever seen (not to mention I had the ending figured out within the first 15 minutes of the movie, so that was a bummer). Second of all, it is very hard to believe these people have survived this long. I admit, they had an advantage having a deaf daughter, causing them to have already known sign language which allowed them to communicate while staying silent - but these people are just plain stupid aside from that. They leave the batteries (a useful resource) in the store with their kid. The father has a whole diagram and knowledge of the ear on his desk yet... never figures out they can use high pitched noises to harm the creatures... They choose to live in an old, creaky house in the open rather than set up a camp by the loud waterfall where they could live freely... They decide to have a child during this epidemic?? There's just so many more things I could go onto list.
Aside from the character stupidlity, there's also just various plot holes in every single part of the movie. First off, why was the scene with the screaming man even included? Next, the whole storyline with the father and daughters disconnect due to her having caused her brother's death is so forced and thrown into the movie clearly as some kind of character-arc plot device for when the father sacrificed himself... just annoying. Also, how did the boy drive the car after his father's death? There was definitely no way he was taught to drive during that apocalypse let alone him magically being able to reach the pedal? The kid's like 4 feet tall. Also, just throwing this out there... the design of the creature's and their connection to light and sound is eerily similar to that of the Demogorgon monster from stranger things... JUST SAYING. Anyways, overall this movie was a waste of time and I found myself hysterically laughing at the stupidity of it rather than enjoying it as I thought I should have.