Push

After all the hype surrounding the release of this film and the juggling between streaming services as to who would get it, I expected a slam-dunk horror/thriller.

Nope.

Not even close.

Not only was it unbelievable (nobody's this stupid--nobody) but the nonsensical goings on and actions by the characters negated any suspense or thrill you might havew gotten in the first place.

Even the premise was a bit ridiculous. A real estate agent is stranded in a house they're showing? Come on... really? Nobody thought to check on her? Every single person who knew her was asleep at the switch?

Not a waste of time completely, but close.

Trying to get over her husband's death, a pregnant woman moves into his abandoned house for some peace and quiet while she decides to prepare to give birth, but when a determined stalker tries to interrupt the events must force her to stop him and save her oncoming child.

Overall, this was an all right if somewhat problematic feature. The main aspect to be had with this one was the rather likable and fun setup that serves the film nicely, leading into the second half. With the film immediately giving us not only the main setup of getting a chance to know who she is quite early on with the late-stage pregnancy, fractured home life with her parents trying to get over the accident that killed her husband, and the desire to start a new life in America, the setup provides enough to like here about why she would take up the realtor job and why the particular house is useful to help bring her to a new life. By the time she starts to get targeted and tormented for being alone in the property, the stakes have been set up rather well so that the ensuing encounters in the second half are tense, thrilling, and immensely effective. Not only is the stalking itself enjoyable, with the chasing taking place in the large, labyrinthine house, but the situational plight established early on makes it quite effective as the struggle of seeing a likable, pregnant woman being stalked and chased makes us desperate to see her escape. However, beyond that, there's little else to the film holding it up. The fact that it's so simplistic and one-note, detailing not just the necessary ingredients for the setup to work but also getting the stalking on board quite early on, means that it's nothing more than a long series of setpieces without much else going on. As we never get to know the purpose behind the invasion, what the intruder wants, or even his name at all, this all feels repetitive and designed solely to keep going from one set piece to another with little story behind it, especially once this gets to the hospital finale where it ha little reason to be here with the supernatural inclinations hinted at being so out of lace in this kind of film but also managing to just make the film go on far longer than it really should for no reason. While it gives the film some decent gore and bloodshed on top of providing one more high-energy stalking scene, the fact that it comes out of nowhere and seems to exist outside of the realms of the plausible makes for a frustrating time overall. These do manage to bring this one down just enough to be an issue here against the positives.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language, Graphic Violence, and intense themes of newborns in jeopardy.

When I say dark, I don't mean psychologically. I mean it's too dark to see what's happening. When I say slow I mean this movie should have been 30 minutes because she spends an hour wandering the halls. It drags on and on and on and on. I think this movie could have been okay if I could see it, but I can't because it's just black screen half the time.

This new Shudder original film was amazing!

The house al9ne was so spooky and mysterious and the fact that it was completely isolated worked well with the storyline.

The mysterious client was creepy and unnerving. Several shots of him silently mov9ng throughout the house gave me chills.

Alicia Sanz was a great heroine and truly fought tooth and nail to survive.

So she plays a pregnant realtor who is having an open house for this enormous home near the woods. When only one person shows up and tells her of the house's dark past, she instantly ends their viewing and he leaves. After that we are treated to the realtor being stranded there at night and discovers that she is not alone in the house. A killer lurks inside the home and has no plans of letting her live. The fun starts when she goes into labor and has to fight for her life and her baby's life against a maniac who simply will not die.

The intensity of the film was unreal!

Check it out if you can on Shudder, definitely recommend it!

I normally look at IMDB before starting a horror movie but this time, for some reason, we decided to just hit play as the premise sounded fine and the trailer wasn't too bad.

After waiting and waiting for the plot to develop, I finally flipped over to check reviews and yep, this would have been one I would have never started. The reviews were spot on.

Interesting premise and decent videography but the story was weak, and the scares were limited and very predictable.

The main actor doesn't do too bad of a job but was handicapped by the writing. Only so much she could do.

Unfortunately, this is one to miss.