Shame...

Rating: 4/10 (28 December 2018)

First off, let's get real about the premise. While 'monsters who make you want to commit suicide' may be a novel concept, this is basically a zombie move without the blood and gore.
But that's not what bothered me about this film; I actually quite like a classic zombie, run from the evil, must survive scenario. And I enjoyed the bulk of the action, the characters were well portrayed. I'm ok with leaving realism at the door with these things too, although Bird Box maybe did take it a little far... I don't wanna drop spoilers but my ultimate snort was at Tom's impeccable abs and biceps after 5 years of starvation and running from evil.
The ultimate shame here is the lack of explanation. There were hints at something deeper, cell phones seemed to set people off, people they loved came back to them, those with mental illnesses thought the monster was beautiful... however, we were just left with nothing. When it's a full-length feature film, that's just lazy.
I've read a few reviews commenting it could have worked well as a short and I agree. Shorts are all about the power of suggestion and it could have been truly terrifying.
Alas, it wasn't to be and instead we have a mediocre zombie rip off. Shame.