Not for me

Rating: 2/10 (28 January 2020)

I'm giving this film two stars because it does have lovely cinematography and decent editing. Much like this writer-director's film, Hereditary, the plot lacks any type of character development or believability. It's trying to be original, but instead gets caught up being gruesome for shock value alone. There are certainly recurring themes, such as life and death, bereavement and lust vs. love. But if any one of those themes had been thoroughly fleshed out, this film would have been better. I feel like the director has something to say but hides behind "snuff" style visuals. As a filmmaker, wouldn't you want your viewers leaving the theater feeling haunted rather than nauseous?