Solid horror

Rating: 8/10 (24 May 2020)

So many bad horror films. So few good ones. This is a good one.
No cheap scares. More often physical discomfort. Perhaps closer to Japanese/ Korean horror than anything else. Slow paced.
However; had the writer/ director not also made "Midsommar" later on, I probably would not have noticed this. Having seen that film the evening before gave me the patience to sit trough this (not a theatrical viewing!). Having seen both films, my judgement may be clouded. I saw many similarities, that were more effective in the later film.
Perhaps closer to an earlier David Cronenberg work than an Early Lars von Trier film, with aspects from neither and yet from both, this is mainly a simple effective horror film. Solid in writing, directing, cinematography, acting, sound, and so on.