Was slow,then got better, then got worse

Rating: 2/10 (31 October 2016)

OK where the movie became horrible for me was when she killed her dog. I mean really what on earth did that do for the plot? She could have easily gone insane and the dog escape to a neighbor's house to be cared for until she became lucid again but not they chose to kill the dog. I expect that kind of stuff in horror films tagged as gory but not as psychological at least for me. Or they could have easily left the dog out of the plot entirely.
The pacing of the movie felt off for me. It was just too slow for too long then sped up too fast to the point where I was just left confused. I don't really get why the monster went into the basement on its own volition??
Some of the effects were genuinely scary to me. She did do crazy quite well. The son was too whiny too annoying for too long.
Also it would have served the plot well to have added more of a back story into the monster. All I really got out of it is this book just suddenly appeared and that was about it.
Overall high hopes were dashed when this psychological thriller lost its appeal.