Pretentious Tripe....Waste of Collette and Byrne.

Rating: 1/10 (28 October 2018)

Could have been a really great modern update of a cult picture, aka "Rosemary's Baby". They had the acting chops with Toni Collette and Gabriel Byrne. But the writing was plodding and there was no character development or exposition as to any reason that lay in any of the family members' actions. ( Other than Byrne , who was the only rock-like , stable, normal family member). No flashbacks that may have given us some idea as to Annie relationship with her mom, Ellen, in any part of their lifetime. Although, the writers and directors probably wanted that , to keep the audience off kilter, only relying on Annie's POW. The children were not only physically,but extremely emotionally and mentally unattractive . You felt absolutely no empathy for them. Especially, Charlie. The movie took way too long to tell it's story. It was not the least bit scary in a horror film genre but more sad as a family drama, that went wildly off the rails. Silly at the ending and could not hold a candle to its predecessors in the genre such as " The Omen" and " Rosemary's Baby." In the end, it reminded me of the ill-received Nicholas Cage movie, "The Wicker Man" . I felt stupid for investing time in such a silly movie.