Don’t think this needs the qualifier of being really strong for a debut/the work of a 20 year old, it’s just really strong in its own right. (Still, it’s nice we finally got a good horror film directed by a 20-something released this month.)

More directly to the age point, I’m dumbfounded to see someone at 20 capable of conceptualizing the visual architecture of this— not just the backrooms* but also Clark’s store, Mary’s home, and the furniture occupying every…

I wish I had something meaningful or insightful explanation as to why everyone is wrong and that this movie is a pile of shit, but I don’t. I can’t really condemn any of the filmmaking as lacking in quality. It’s not inherently poorly made. I just loathe everything about it. Watching it was simply a miserable experience and I can’t think of a single aspect of it that felt like it worked in a fully formed way. Worst of all,…