The Assent

The story had decent foundations and some good twists, but it was so poorly executed you could see every plot twist coming from a mile away. In the end most of the characters didn't matter at all, there's no resolution of any kind, the whole thing relied heavily on jump scares that didn't even work well, and you're left with more questions than answers. Overall a crappy movie in an oversaturated genre. This movie had no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

Found this at Walmart and took a chance. Regrets. I know some people are dramatic with writing reviews but I can't believe this.

How does a movie like this get made so poorly and have a decent budget behind it? It has no pace, not a single good actor, and no story. It doesn't make sense at all lol

There were a lot of things I quite liked with this movie and things that were quite unsuccessful.

The aesthetics as far as set dressing, lighting and cinematography were extremely successful. The movie looked really great and very cool/ atmospheric. Whoever the actual artist is of the pieces in the movie was is dope and the person who decorated that house did a great job.

Another positive is the lead actor. He was great. So natural and believable, he gave a great performance. Probably my favorite part, in a sea of the opposite. Unfortunately basically everyone else not only paled in comparison to him, they also just didn't do a great job. The juxtaposition between the casting of the lead and the casting of everyone else was super confusing. They lucked out on getting him cause he was a saving grace. The only other person who was close to good was the babysitter. A lot of the actors, performances and character choices were quite distracting and did the movie a disservice. They didn't have much help with a blatantly subpar script. The dialogue edged on cliche, wooden and often times felt uninspired.

The story wasn't anything wildly original and a bit predictable, however I still liked it. With some great aesthetics, an engaging plot, a great lead and some spooky monsters/effects I found this movie to be a bit of a pleasant surprise and while not perfect, entertaining. Would recommend.

....the end, it really is. That is what I enjoy most.

All this movie needed was another pass on the script. The twist at the end is really cool but you can see it coming from a mile away. The writer/director needed to work on the script to hide it more so it wasn't so obvious. Had they done this properly it would have raised this movie up a bunch of notches.

It's not really scary though it has some great creepy atmosphere going on. Some of the visuals are great, particularly the demon with all those faces and the creepy gyrating woman. But overall not horrible. It doesn't deserve such low scores.