A newlywed couple finds their lake-country honeymoon descend into chaos after Paul finds Bea wandering and disoriented in the middle of their first night.
A tense horror two-hander with serious kick.
Mildly creepy.
The thematic weight drags down the tension, yet just when it seems Janiak has forgotten the scares she pulls off a creepy finale.
Locking us up with the leads and their drama-class tics proves more stifling than claustrophobic, while your major take-away from the final act’s various excretions and abortions is that, ugh, women are gross.
Wisely withholding its scrungy cross-generic revelations until the final act, co-writer Janiak’s directorial debut makes confident use of limited resources to conjure creepy thrills, peering through the cracks in the couple’s imploding relationship, spying shadowy monsters lurking in the darkness.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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