I went in blind, and loved it

Rating: 8/10 (26 March 2019)

I had not seen trailers or heard hype regarding this movie, but I do enjoy horror, so I took a chance.
I was surprised by how tense and uncomfortable the movie made me feel. There was a pervasive oppression in the way it was shot and edited, with actors delivering believable and difficult to watch performances. Some of the emotional scenes were gut wrenching, and over all, the lead roles were solid and intense.
Despite a few jump scares, I didn't feel the movie relied on cheap tricks to incite fear. Yes, it contains some cliches of the horror genre, but I did not find them distracting.
If anything, I felt the pacing began to lag in the third act. There was a moment when I asked myself "wait, is this another slow turn shot from behind?" And felt it was overplayed.
Overall, this delivered the sort of fright-inducing, disturbing experience I rarely get from a horror movie. It called to mind movies like the Babadook and the exorcist.
It certainly is to taste, and there will be others who pan it for the same reasons I enjoyed it, but if you like movies such as Rosemary's Baby, Mother! or VVitch, I think you will come away more than satisfied. Maybe even deeply impressed.