This is bound to be divisive, and I can see it getting a cult following in the future. It plays out a lot like an Edgar Wright movie, starting as one movie and slowly morphing into another. I personally liked it a lot, I found it very inspired and creative from a story perspective. It has a great character at the center, some really unpredictable twists, it delivers the scares and gore you want, terrific visuals (Wan’s trademark camerawork is here) and good music (there is a subtle song reference that’s actually kinda brilliant). It’s not perfect though: the acting can sometimes be a little wonky, there’s too much unneeded exposition, and the tone can occasionally get a little campy, which doesn’t always work. Still, you have to respect James Wan for bringing creative and fresh ideas into a genre that has continued to give us the same shit over and over again. 6/10

So disappointing. Kinda laughable. Maybe that's what they were going for.

The tone of this movie is all over the place; it is an absurdist collage of genres that never capitalises on any single one to great effect. It's both fantastically shot while being absolute drivel, it's a complete whiplash in quality from one facet to the next. Not once was I sure what type of response this movie was trying to illicit from me. Was I supposed to laugh at the absurdity of it all? Enjoy the annoyingly well shot action sequences? Be scared by the slow building horror scenes? Chuckling from the poor acting and terrible script work? Either James was shooting to make The Room of horror movies as his return to the genre, or something here went horribly wrong. Or it'll become a cult classic _because_ of how stupid it is. What a wild ride, and sadly not one I can say I enjoyed. The Saw references were a nice touch though.

Jeez this is terrible. Like a badly made for TV B-movie. One of the worst films Ive seen in a long time and thats no exaggeration. Horrible!

I'm lost for words. This is beyond my expectation!! It's scary and extremely violent with lots of action sequences. Literally a horror film made for horror fans.