Disgusting movie

Rating: 1/10 (10 September 2019)

This was not a horror movie, and there was nothing supernatural about it, despite what the trailer may lead you to believe. Most people have probably heard about the idiot plot, where the plot requires that one or more characters behave like complete idiot. There was a hint of the idiot plot in this movie was well, but most of all it was what one could call "the completely unrealistic human behavior plot", for the lack of a better description.
So this is a cult that have existed for god know how many centuries, where all the members commit suicide by jumping from a cliff once they reach a certain age. As part of their preparation , they first cut open the palm of their hand with a knife, a habit that we see in every other movie and TV-show these days.
This horrible tradition of killing yourself is something everybody is perfectly fine with. Everybody smiles and all is well.
They even travel out in the big world for some years, and each and every one of them eventually return home and continue their life as a cult member. Not a single one of them consider not to return or tell anyone about the cruelty that's going on? Not very likely.
And they find new friends and gain their trust, only to betray them by killing and sacrificing them. Which they do without the slightest hint of regret.
We also have the magical dust these cults somehow often seem to possess, where they just have to blow it into your face to paralyze you. This is combined with the famous teleporting villain, where someone is suddenly standing behind you without making a sound. And you have the (mostly) off-screen killings of the characters, one by one. Because they all think they, as outsiders, will be allowed to witness all the repulsing traditions and then return to the outside world again to tell about it.
I judge a movie by how I feel when I leave the theatre. Based on my feelings when I left, I would have given zero stars if possible. The director said this was probably the last "horror" movie he would ever make. For that I'm grateful.
This is a film that feels like an attempt to profit on emotions like hopelessness, despair and human cruelty. If a movie makes you feel bad, then it must be good, right? If you disagree, you probably just didn't "get it".
If you want to see a short version of this movie and save some time, just watch The Landlady from Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected instead.