![]() I'm not much of an artistic critic but I felt they built and maintained the atmosphere brilliantly. He is good in his part, but the two leads are allowed to shine. Matt Smith is in it but as a side character: they don't try to force him into it beyond his welcome just to exploit the well known name also refreshing. It was well cast and very well acted, which is not actually all that typical in many films being streamed at the moment. It could have been based on anyone with a past, and the fact that the main characters were refugees worked well for the narrative but was not the entire theme. But it turned out to be about something quite different - something I can't really say without giving away the plot substantially. The pair being explicitly warned that they might be sent "back" if they made any trouble, or didn't integrate properly, emphasised this theme. I found for a good part of the film I thought it was just a theme of asylum seeking a couple fleeing something bad and arriving at a not-beautiful side of Britain, with the man trying to adjust to a new culture and then woman conversely holding onto her roots, all through the narrative of an apparently haunted house. There are layers of interpretation, but also a nice clear cut story. ![]() ![]() It is genuinely intriguing but leaves you with a resolution. All the horrors I've watched recently are either far too dumb, or too far the other way - relying on being artsy or having powerful imagery but sacrificing a satisfying story. There are so many terrible films, particularly in the horror genre, on Netflix at the moment. ![]()
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