Overrated and over hyped

Rating: 1/10 (11 May 2020)

I settled down to watch this in anticipation of being creeped out by a brilliant film (according to some critics). Instead I was bored senseless, and actually amused to the point of laughing in parts.
It starts well enough; the sense of dread and panic as Dani struggles to contact her family is beautifully done, and her grief at their deaths is palpable. Then the action moves to Sweden (actually Hungary) and the film falls apart.
Every action is signposted, the shocks shocking only for the amount of gore. Not one character is likeable, not even Dani whom we are meant to feel sorry for. It's like a teen slasher where characters make bad decisions and everyone just shrugs. Two people jump to their deaths because "it's what we do". Oh, that's ok then.
It's two-and-a-half hours of beautiful looking tedium that meanders to it's obvious conclusion. From the moment Pelle tells Dani about losing his family, you know she is joining the cult as a way of making up for her loss. And for those who say the haters "don't get it", I went through a spell of defending bad films as art. I eventually grew out of it.
Side note; the wailing and singing and dancing of the cult members gets very annoying very quickly. Get through it by watching some of the extras overacting as though their lives depended on it.