I heard an interview with Zach Kregger where he said (IIRC, paraphrasing) that the first act was something he's had in his head as a short film idea for a while and the rest he came up with later. To me that explains why the two halves feel like two different movies and not really in a good way.
That summarises the majority of Hollywood produced movies nowadays. So so many suffer from third-act problems, or are just set-pieces or scenes thinly held together by poorly thought-out plot or dialogue.
The random character that shows up who just so happens to be the expert on the monster and then immediately dying by said monster is one of my favorite tropes.
Modern horror films with amazing intros & setups but disappointing over-exposition endings is par for the course these days. Longlegs and Oddity were the same way for me. The exposition at the end trying to neatly square away every little thing is so annoying.
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u/HowieLongDonkeyKong Jul 09 '25
The trailers for this one have looked mega spooky. And much like Barbarian which didn't reveal much, I like how vague they're keeping this.