Director: Paul Bickel
Year: 2025
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Supernatural
Plot:
Stuck in a remote cabin, a couple hoping to get through the pandemic there while recuperating from his illness at the same time finds her going through a series of ordeals and strange visions, as the more she stays there, it starts to eat away at her to the point of allowing a malevolent force inside.
Review:
Overall, this was an underwhelming genre effort. The film’s at its best when dealing with the harrowing psychological burden of the situation as a whole, stuck in a cabin in the middle of nowhere during the pandemic, meaning that there’s little to no help available, and strange things begin happening. From waking up outside after sleepwalking with no memory of how anything happens, a stressful situation with your invalid partner who can’t take care of themself, and a series of flashbacks harkening to some kind of unknown entity wandering around the house trying to get at them, there's’ a lot to like with this idea that sets them up rather nicely. Even though it all unfolds with the burgeoning realizations made about how the dreams are impacting her, the main setup of this one works rather nicely.
With that out of the way, there’s not a whole lot going on here, with the film feeling like a repetitive slog going through the same thing over and over again. The setup about whether or not something is going on in the house is fine enough on its own, but when it constantly devolves into a rather one-sided affair without much in the way of how the visions keep affecting her. Very few of them switch things up from the same setup involving her waking up in the middle of the woods after seeing something creepy in her dreams, and it makes the film feel much longer than it really should be, as repetitive in nature. The cheap and flimsy setup that moves this along might also be somewhat off-putting, but it’s the repetitive nature that does this the most.
Overview: **/5
A fine, if generally repetitive, one-note genre effort, there’s enough to enjoy with this one that makes it intriguing, while its flaws are enough to end up lowering this one overall. Give it a chance if you’re fine with these factors or are curious about it, while most others out there might want to heed caution.
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