Day #2

So, this is a bit of a strange one. The ambition was there and Mathis does a great job overall but the treatment used to cover the overall theme may have been a misstep.

Hovering somewhere between a Lifetime Sunday Feature, Arthouse and Fantasy (think Guillermo del Toro) the movie is over before you can truly commit.

The flow and pacing were acceptable, and I credit Mathis for attacking such brave subject matter, however it never truly gels and one feels sated solely from the socially conscious message, getting nothing from the horror elements at all.

Also, the acting was very uneven, save for Ty Simpkins, Annaliese Judge and Skyler Elise Philpot.

5.5/10

#31DaysOfHalloween2022.

I thought the bother and sister dynamic would be different. I can understand why he would be apathetic and cold towards her after his real sister goes missing, but it's like he doesn't care about her before that, either. When his mother wakes him up to tell him that Rose is missing, instead of getting worried and helping to look for her, he just turns over and goes back to sleep. When they 'find' her in a field and put her in an ambulance, he just sits there in the car. I really don't understand why the real Rose is so attached to him. He clearly couldn't give a crap about her.

Also, what was with the father announcing to the party guests that he intended to bang his wife into next Sunday right in front of a small child? Seriously, WHAT was that about?