CobbyWebby

This is what we need, a movie where a child is turned against their parents...

Although when your parents are played by Lizzy Caplan and Anthony Starr you are already behind the ball in getting a decent outing. Still Woody Norman does a fair job at being Peter, who hears strange noises in his room, then talking, but he parents don't want to hear about it.

I'm not a big fan of gaslighting, and this movie heads deeps into that "no, you didn't hear anything". And, as with a lot of movies, there's a lot going on here because people just can't tell the truth and need to hide anything. (On the one hand, if they didn't there wouldn't be this movie, on the other hand, perhaps it might lead to a better movie?)

This is supposedly based on The Telltale Heart, but I'm not sure I entirely follow it. This is more House of Usher. Although it has been a while since I read either.

And then after an hour, it changes into a different movie, which is just to show off their effects budget (and it doesn't quite work, keeping to the shadows is fine, but they couldn't sell the reveal).

I heard some good anticipation for this... but it doesn't do it for me.

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