A house of horror... and horrible housekeeping

Rating: 2/10 (2 July 2018)

The real horror in this film is the home decor and ultimate trashing of a beautiful house in the woods. Oh, and a teenage boy who spends too much time in his messy bad, sleeping in this dirty clothes.
Seriously, the only redeeming feature in this movie was the performances (except the teenage boy, who gave a one-note performance, though that probably was not so much his fault as the director's). Otherwise, this "Rosemary's Baby" + "The Witch" derivative had little to offer except yawns (the movie is way too long for such a slight story) and a few cringes at gratuitous gore and cadaver dummies. It was a bit fun looking for the "clues" to the story's meaning sprinkled throughout, but, in the end, they didn't add up to much.
And here's a tip: As soon as the movie is over, bound out of your seat and head for the exits, lest Judy Collins singing "Both Sides Now" over the credits reduces you to violent giggling.
I gave this movie two stars: One for Toni Collette's heroic performance (it takes guts to act good in a film this bad; and one for allowing me to sit in an air conditioned movie theater for over two hours on a sweltering day.