Pretentious nonsense masquerading as art

Rating: 2/10 (9 February 2018)

This movie tries to justify itself through the use of artful imagery and Biblical symbolism, but can't seem to mask its overall misogyny. While misogyny has been a theme in many a horror film, I've never seen it used so blatantly than in this film and all while trying to mask it with a thick layer of pretentious allegorical Creationism. This isn't something I would typically speak out on, but this movie hit a nerve. How Him patronizes and demeans Her throughout; how the guests devalue Her within her own home; how Her debases herself in enough to be treated in this manner by all those around her. It all speaks of male chauvinism.
Even beyond that point, I've seen so many people defend this movie and it's because of the allegorical nature of it. Just because a film is overwrought with Biblical symbolism doesn't make it 'meaningful' or even a 'good' movie.
Underneath all the symbolism and all the misogyny this, simply put, was a bad movie. It was slow, boring. There was never any tension created to amount to anything suspenseful or exciting. And the plot didn't stick. Yes, the allegory. The whole point was the allegory as the director so diligently drilled into our heads throughout. But an allegory without good storytelling is just nonsense.
And this movie is purely pretentious nonsense.