The horror genre is a funny thing. Not “ha ha” funny, but scratch-your-head funny. For every thoughtful and intentional horror title, there are 10 splatter-filled, knuckleheaded throwaway movies. The latter usually earn more box office and immediate critical glee, but the former are the slow-burn titles that often find their audience after some time, when their more subtle points have been given time to marinate with an audience.
Only in his 20s, Mike carries himself like an old, broken soul. As a child, he partially witnessed the abduction of his little brother Garrett during a family camping trip and he’s never been able to overcome the guilt. He’s now the legal guardian of his young sister Abby , but he can’t connect with her—or just about anybody, as he takes sleeping pills to try to access what he thinks are his obscured memories of that day.Aunt Jane will take custody of Abby.
Rubio does a fine job playing past her years, while also having the ability to convey the genuine delights of a child having fun with her disturbing felt friends. She’s scrappy and not stupid, calling out her brother with a sharp but insightful tongue that brings some much-needed humor.
The excellent lighting, editing and sly needle drops, like The Romantics’ “Talking in Your Sleep,” result in some great sequences that work on both the young and old. Plus, there’s a depth to the animatronic performances that allow the creatures to swing between being sympathetic and harrowing depending on their prey. There are some gnarly deaths that happen mostly in silhouette or mid-action so the impact is definitive without focusing on the gruesome carnage.
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