Terrible, terrible movie

Rating: 1/10 (26 June 2018)

How this is highly rated I have no idea. I went in not knowing much about this movie, as I do with a lot of movies I watch. I didn't read any reviews or know about the hype. All I saw was a Metacritic score of 85 (now 87, again I have no idea how that happened) so I figured it would at least be enjoyable. How wrong was I. I'm convinced all those glowing reviews from paid critics are just that, paid reviews. Which reinforces my belief that paid critic reviews, be they good or bad, really can't be trusted and that's why I barely, if ever, read them. That's why I tend to read user reviews to get a feel for a movie/show/game/whatever. This time however, I have to strongly disagree with these high user reviews. I don't know what movie they watched but it certainly wasn't the one that I watched.
The first 45 mins are so were pretty good and I thought it was a decent build up, even if a bit slow. After a certain major incident, it takes a hard nose dive into the pavement. I thought the acting overall was good and the music and cinematography were good. That's where the buck stops. That alone is not enough to make a movie good. The story was so bland and poorly constructed that I thought it may have been put together last minute. Especially that ending. Honestly, wtf was that rushed and slapstick ending?? Did they forget what type of movie they wanted to make and suddenly remembered this was supposed to be a horror so threw that crap together? I remember dozing off a few times especially near the end and woke up and was wondering what movie was I watching now because it couldn't have been the movie that I thought I paid for. It was so random.
The story just goes nowhere and it goes nowhere for a long time. At least 30 minutes could have been cut from the movie that had no point to the story and maybe it would not have been so bad. I felt every one of those seconds ticking by and just wanted it to end. I don't mind a slow burn if there is a good payoff. However this movie was a slow burn with 0 payoff. I have never watched a movie what an ending as bad as this. It's like they tried to take elements from Rosemary's Baby but did a terrible job at.
I saw a lot of people who liked the movie, for some reason, say it was the best horror from the past decade or that the general public can't appreciate a "good horror movie" and they aren't "smart" enough to get it because they expect jump-scares. Wrong on all accounts. If this movie is all it takes for those people to sing its praises despite it being a terrible, stupid movie, then there is truly no hope for the horror genre. Everyone's standards are collectively lowered if this type of movie is being given so much undeserved praise. The only reason I didn't get up and demand my money back is because AMC was running a special of 2000 bonus points for buying a ticket during opening weekend so I basically got my money back anyway.
The scariest thing about this whole movie? Sitting through and watching it until the end. Reality is truly horrific. I wouldn't recommend it. Go play something, take a walk, play with your pets, have fun with your family, watch paint dry. Do anything but waste your time and money on this movie.