Nice atmosphere but the story?

Rating: 5/10 (21 December 2016)

I have to admit that most of the time I'm not the biggest fan of horror movies which probably makes me a bad judge.
Nevertheless I gave this one a try and I have to say that I felt entertained. The movie understands well to create an atmosphere that makes it easy to get drawn into the actions portrayed. Like other horror movies, it plays nicely with features like camera angles, sounds and filters.
The reason I rate this as a five is thus not the overall atmosphere of the movie, which I appreciate or the solid acting, it is the implausibility of the story. Maybe the story isn't the most important point in a horror movie but for me being afraid is closely linked to the feeling that something similar could happen or that there is at least a plausibility in what happens. In this case there are a lot of questions but barely any answers. What is "it", What does it want, How did it start? We don't know. Why do you get rid of it by sleeping with someone? We don't know neither.
Who does know is the boy in the beginning, who seems to have a wide knowledge of aspects like what happens when a victim gets caught (It traces back the other victims, how did he know?). As hard as it might sound but the story is just nonsense and that's what ruins a beautiful atmosphere for me here.