Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (9 July 2019)

Oh boy did the horror genre need a movie like this. Be warned you Saw crowd people, you won't like this. It's too intelligent, too well done for you. This is for people who want a movie with real characterization, real feeling, whereas the dumbed down Saw crowd just want to see 2 hours of someone getting tortured and chopped up. This movie may not be for you.
I want to give absolutely nothing away. There's not much more to say than bravo to everyone involved, and what an outstanding job by the cast. I have never felt such powerful empathy for characters onscreen in any genre of film, so much that this becomes genuinely difficult to watch at times for your shared pain with these characters.
The tension is ratcheted up without mercy, slowly, relentlessly. Many subtle deft touches, little things that may escape the eye first viewing but resonate at a deeper level, as the nightmare coalesces, made all the realer for the bond you've formed with these brilliantly portrayed characters.
Bravo. Restores your faith in the genre, relies on none of the cheap tawdry tricks of so many lesser horror films of late. Simply outstanding, and genuinely frightening like few other films you'll see. Deserves to be remembered as a classic long from now.