In the Lovecraft Tradition of the Unseen Being More Terrifying Than the Seen

Rating: 8/10 (13 March 2019)

Once you realize this movie isn't going to be dependent on cheap jump scares that's when you can start to wrap your mind around what the true horror going on is about.
Yes, it's slow.
I hope I didn't ruin it with the jump scares thing. Should I call that a spoiler?
Early on in the movie you're disabused of the programming you get from watching modern horror: characters stare at something, and you know they're in touch with something that scares them, and you wait for it to jump out at them. And it doesn't. Then you are forced to enter the Lovecraftian world of the unseen.
I totally understand how that can be frustrating, especially for modern audiences.
It's not a tour de force, but it works. And I almost think selling it as a pure horror film does it a disservice. This is a drama about grief. About the ravages of mental illness.
And it's just gorgeous to look at. The movie is shot in such a warm and beautiful manner that it just raises into relief the horror roiling beneath the surface.
Definitely worth a watch, but temper your expectations and slow down. Take it for what it is.