There's a story there somewhere

Rating: 5/10 (7 July 2017)

(Possible spoiler?) My first thoughts when seeing Essie Davis character was "wow she looks like a worn out piece of crap". After 10 minutes I was already sick of the vacant stare on her face, that she wears for pretty much most of the film. Whats more, her complete distance from reality even at the beginning made me cringe. Also come on sweetheart, brush your hair?? So I continued to watch as her character predictably became the self- created victim throughout the film. Between the dreadful acting as her "widow with one- too-many-years without counselling" and her son's constant over the top tantrums and weirdness, there's probably a plot. As far as the story goes, there's a monster/ghost or something haunting them. It wants to kill them, and she makes it way too easy for it to do so. Had potential but bad acting ruined it