10 out of 10 for marketing, that's about it.

Rating: 3/10 (16 July 2018)

I watched this based on the trailer and some of the previous reviews here. masterpiece, slow burner, were some of the descriptions bandied about, hyperbole all. wow, if this movie taught me anything, it's that I hate slow burn horror.
I found the movie plodded along at a tortuously slow pace. the overtly long shots, on characters and family scenes well overdone. I assume this was used to portray some sort of feeling of the family's plight, tensions and, to a degree, dysfunction. that said, the fact I found nearly all the characters heartily unsympathetic meant this was lost on me. I just found myself (mentally) shouting at the screen 'get on with it'.
nor can I say I was a huge fan of the acting. all those blank stares, gurning, I found bordering on the funny. particularly painful was the scene were the family hold their sÃ©ance. when peter cries on hid dad's shoulder, I actually burst out laughing... I found it as cringeworthy as any of those cringy scenes you get in 'the office' at least there you're supposed to laugh. the exception, acting-wise, being G.B as the father. a great actor, he gave his usual fine performance, though his talent I thought, very much wasted on this.
to sum up, and you've probably already guessed, not a fan. despite the trailers and other adverts, promising me something new and terrifying, I found nothing original here. the plot for the most part pretty generic and in places quite hackneyed. definitely a case, in my case, of don't believe the hype.