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Give it time to build, and wow! The ending pack a punch!

I usually love slow burn mystery/thrillers but to say it was a slow burn is an understatement, it's slow for about 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Maika Monroe (It Follows) is something of an undiscovered beauty. I'm a fan, and because of her I'm about to watch this thriller/mystery for a second time!

*SPOILERS* Not all plot-holes are a problem, but this one is, IMHO. I hate to be *that* guy, but since when can a person visibly bleed out onscreen, and then two minutes later shoot the villain dead? Overall a good film, but the denouement strains credulity just a shade too far.

Very unimpressed with the movie.

The whole film teeters on a knife edge of paranoia and doubt with tonally perfect performances by Maika Monroe and Burn Gorman, but the final shot of the film is especially exquisite.

Maika Monroe is exquisite as an increasingly alienated, slightly gaslit classic hitchcock blonde (very Tippi Hendren). isl this a slow burn but high anxiety thriller.

Movie try's to paint the other character's as unreasonable for the not believing the main character though she gives them no reason for them to believe her.

This critically acclaimed thriller does what it does well and features a truly great performance by Monroe, but there's absolutely nothing here that we haven't seen a million times before. The only thing different here is that much of the dialogue is in Romanian without subtitles, so we're often as lost as the protagonist. Perhaps that's the point. Thankfully, Monroe creates a character we truly care about and her likeability goes a long way in keeping the viewer involved in the story. Gorman is also a creepy and effective is-he-or-isn't-he-the-villain. But like I said, it's a story most of us can predict from pretty early in the proceedings. We get the requisite it's only a dream scene and the false alarm scene and the lover doesn't believe them scene and the are-they-or-aren't-they-dead climax... No matter how well it's done, and I have no complaints about the filmmaking itself, it can't help but feel like the expiration date on this dairy product was a couple weeks ago. I would love nothing more to see all of these talented people in front of and behind the camera put their energy into a more unique endeavor. Definitely watchable - I'd probably watch it again if it were on - but nothing to get excited about.

It lacked in almost every category.