Had More Potential

Rating: 4/10 (15 January 2018)

The first 40 minutes of this movie I would say were pretty good. Unfortunately that's approximately where the quality of the film begins its decline, which is far too early by any standards.
The kid was alright but I found him extremely annoying at times, the mother was abusive to the point it was off-putting, and seemingly relevant characters just disappeared (her co-worker). I get the whole frustration from the mother, but it dragged on waaay too long in the second half and I almost forgot the film was also listed as horror.. I'm just saying it could have been done better.. a LOT better.
The scares seemed genuine and were mostly well done which matched the interesting concept of the film. Although again, the movie failed to see it through and fell flat before its horrible conclusion. I wanted it to just end before they ruined it, but there was still another 25 minutes and some awful cliches to be seen.