Lesson on how to write characters badly How badly are these characters written. Usually in Stephen King's stories, the characters have an arc and are smart. Here, every single character is as dumb as a dead log.
Let me give a few examples, the wardrobe door bangs open in the middle of the night, the little girl instead of screaming - daddy...., is checking under the bed and not a single peep from her.
Dad is reporting to the police about a creep in the house while facing the wall, why? Why wouldn't you keep an eye on the clinic just to make sure the guy doesn't move.
First day back to school, everyone wants to give condolences to her, yet she complaints that no one is interested in talking to her and are just staring.
Lady is about to burn her house down with a million candles instead of using light bulbs, flash light, opening the windows and doors.
The girl is advised to stay out of the dark and she goes into the basement with no light. And guess what, the light to the basement doesn't work. Cliché!!
Why does everyone in movies make out with the toilet. Why do they have to hug the whole seat while puking.
Why is dad missing from the whole movie.
Who does a therapy with a kid and then flicker the light to show there is nothing to be scared of.
Why no one turns the lights on in the house. My house literally has lights on all the time if you need to see.
Oh sigh! What a crap movie. Watch it if you want to yell at the tv.
As someone whose top fav genre is horror, and seen so many movies, there is very little something surprises me anymore. And this movie is the prime example of how to make a very very bad horror movie.
People need to take lessons from Haunting of hill house, conjuring, Midnight mass, bly manor, dark song, hereditary, midsummer, etc how to make a stand out horror movie that still surprises you.