A real review

Rating: 5/10 (19 June 2019)

This movie is not bad by any means but it is somewhat ordinary. It DOES have an overall good atmosphere, decent sense of terror at points, and a good score/music. However, what could have been a very good story falls short after about 40 minutes and the rest is basically drag peppered with engaging moments. The movie feels unorganized and like Jordan Peele had an idea he was anxious to get out while he's still hot, but he hadn't thought it fully thru. I read about his story from when he was in college with the underpass so it's liked it was ripped from his very own nightmare, which is actually cool because it is art and it feels like a fairly passionate piece regardless. I really liked the sequence involving the family friends and the reveal of what's down ununderground. It's creepy, and to the right person this movie will be terrifying. I am a weathered horror fan and pursuer so movies like this become second to some very, very good scary movies. I'd really like to see Jordan Peele make an all serious horror film, as it's the piercingly bleak sense of dread that keeps us thinking in silence to ourselves after the curtains close.