Stop with the over-analysis!

Rating: 8/10 (17 January 2020)

Lots of reviews on here pointing out plot holes. It's a horror film, and much more in the classic horror genre than the director's "Get Out". Horror films have plot holes. They're implausible, hence the ability to reanimate dead bodies, have potentially fatal injuries shaken off (and in the case of the husband here, a pretty minor dead leg seem like a mortal wound!) and have unexplained sub-texts that exist only to set up the pay off. The question when rating a horror film is was it enjoyable (yes), was it well acted (you simply won't get a better actress than Lupita Nyong'o in a horror film ..... ever) and did it deliver on the shock, suspense, gore etc (sort of.... not just after-timing here but I guessed the ending about a third of the way theough), and that ruined the main set up for me). But it was brilliantly shot and directed, had a few little nods to Get Out, and compelled me to shoo the family out of the room and watch it uninterrupted. Good entertainment!