NicholasMCG

Big fan of all indie horror movies. I go to many horror indie fests a year as well. Watched this on Amazon Prime. It's indie horror at its best and I can see why Blumhouse picked it up after it came out (not a fan of Blum himself, but that's another story). This has great sound, great cinematography, very very good acting honestly (especially for indie). If you do like this you would also probably like HoneyBee or Haunt, also indie horror movies with some great characters but on a lower budget. Or you might like a slightly bigger budgeted quiet horror called Beast. If you didn't like this, you just aren't into independent horror OR you may prefer just slasher/gore in which case def check out Haunt and stick to bigger movies like The Crazies. But maybe think that over before leaving a neg review if this isn't your cup of tea to begin with. Hopefully I helped!

The third season is overflowing with triggers for anyone who is sober or struggling with addiction, as they unrealistically drink at all times of day and openly with constant single shots of whiskey bottles and vodka (why do they need their own close-up if that is not part of the storyline I do not know). No one actually lives and works like Mad Men 1960s, this is not realistic that people would be drinking this amount without trying to hide it. There is also so much aggression and exhausting storylines in the third season; just watching one episode leaves you feeling depressed and dark so what is the point? I know that this is a "drama" after all but why would anyone living in such a dark world with all we have going on in real life want to sit through this very heavy show with characters who are all so terrible you don't really care what happens to them? The only highlights are Mark Duplas, Reese Witherspoon, Karen Pitman and Billy Crudup because they can act their butts off. But they must leave this set exhausted from having to act out intense scene after intense scene. The writers need to calm down the booze for one, and give us just a splash of light PLEASE if returning for a season 4...

This has some excellent writing and acting, I mean the actors are really outstanding in this. It's pace is a little slow, but that is really ok because it's a drama and fitting. The only distraction and issue I have personally, and maybe it's just me, is how it is constantly and endlessly drowning in music. The kind of music that is so sappy, so depressing, and it's overpowering in so many scenes where if they took it away we would have so much more power in the moment without feeling like we are being pushed to emote, So that is my only complaint, is the soundtrack. The music producer needs to just pull back about 60%. Again, phenomenal acting. What a great cast.