Overrated - Easily The Worst "Horror" Movie I've Seen This Year

Rating: 4/10 (17 November 2019)

I heard amazing things about this movie so I watched it with my wife. We are both fans of horror films and even a 7/10 is very rare for a move in the horror genre to get.
First off, I don't think calling this a "horror" film is at all accurate. There are moments in the film which could be called "scary" but I personally think "scary" is too strong a term. I would personally categorize this move as a "mystery", not even "suspense" because the term "suspense" would imply the movie causes deep interest or anxiety, which this movie didn't for my wife or myself.
Not to give too much away but there are certain evil "entities" in this film, the evil "mother" speaks with a laughably contrived voice which I think is a great microcosm for the film as a whole. It tries to scare you but fails miserably, it tries to send some sort of message about the haves and have-nots but that is also an abysmal failure, it tries to have comedy and action elements and it fails at those as well, it tries to surprise you at the end with a "big reveal" but by the time you mercifully reach the end of this movie 1. You no longer care and 2. Stevie Wonder could have seen the "big reveal" coming from a mile away.
My wife will give up on a movie midway through if it's not going anywhere and I found myself telling her, "Maybe something interesting will happen at the end." to convince her to see it through to the end. Spoiler alert...nothing interesting or surprising happens.
I will say that perhaps there are theories out there which make the film more interesting. If the film were interesting on the surface in any way shape or form I would normally be all over going online to see what theories are out there but this was so damned boring I have no interest whatsoever in doing so.
Save yourself 90+ minutes of your life and watch just about any other horror offering. You'll be glad you did.