Just about keeps the interest but no classic

Rating: 4/10 (10 May 2020)

Rarely does a film split votes like this one with people either giving it a 1 or 9 or 10 out of 10. I don't think it is good or bad enough to merit such extreme reactions. This is clearly very low budget (not always a bad thing with a horror movie) but it is quite slow, very derivative (the Ring, Let the Right One in, Cat People, Halloween etc) and rarely makes any real sense. For instance, if only the victim can see "It", then how could our heroine see her neighbour's?
There are a few good scenes - the swimming pool, the beach - but more or the overly long running time should have given us some background explanation of what "it" was (is it an allegory for AIDS?) or maybe they will give an explanation of it's origins in later sequels?
All in all, a minor film, occasionally well made, but no classic.