psychological "horror" not for the typical horror fan

Rating: 2/10 (18 May 2016)

Atmosphere, performance, and musical score were all excellent but I don't see the average horror fan enjoying it much. No jump-scares. Other than the initial infant sacrifice there wasn't anything truly horrifying, gruesome or scary. The religious/superstitious/paranoia among the family is the real focus and anything supernatural that happens is more of a punctuation mark. The music keeps you feeling tense and unsettled throughout, which I'm impressed by, good eerie music can make a scene of someone washing dishes seem ominous, but visually everything is pretty anticlimactic. It's not a bad movie but it's not one that sticks with you. It's a one and done kind of movie.