Lyle

There's nothing wrong with another take on the classic Rosemary's Baby story. I know some folks get all precious about these things but it's a brilliant concept for a movie and if you get the characters right, if the building becomes a character in its own right and if you have a decent writer it could be a no-brainer. Here however the writing let us down. Too little happened and the creepy happenings were too trite and too few. The sense of dread was not sustained and the tension was lacking.

Add to this the trendy and becoming hackneyed decision to make the main couple a pair of lesbians of the non-lipstick variety and patience begins to wane. They weren't fun to look at and I'd dare call them Wal-Mart lesbians. The lead character went so far as to eschew makeup and leave her armpits au natural. This is unappealing, unappreciated and wholly unnecessary.

This was a lackluster attempt at horror. It could've and should've been better but production was more concerned with virtue signaling and getting the racial quotas correct that they neglected the end product.

This movie masquerades under the guise of woman-driven horror movie, but the reality, as they say, cannot be farther from the truth. This clumsily shot film centers around a main character, a pregnant lesbian woman, who loses her toddler when said toddler falls out a window. She then spirals downward into deepening insanity as she is determined to protect her unborn child from everything and everyone, and everyone, she thinks, is out to get her.

It sounds like a fair premise, but the way it is told is very poorly done. The story is dull, hold no rhythm, and makes no sense. There is no rhyme or reason to her thought process or actions; even insanity must give some kind of twisted reason, but in this movie there is none of that. It tries to go into a five minute introduction to perhaps some kind of supernatural deal with the devil, but without explanation or further study it becomes pointless and confuses the viewer.

As a horror movie, Lyle fails in a spectacular fashion. There are no scares, at all. There are no jump scares, no psychological thrill, and, perhaps worse of all, not even a single tense moment. The boring camera views and bleak colors do nothing to help this movie either.

I am sad I wasted my time viewing this during free time better spent on virtually anything else. I would not give a single dollar to their next movie if this is the best they have to show for their lazy, half-baked efforts.

This is a slow burn movie...I enjoyed it. Along the lines of Rosemary's baby with a modern feel. Great acting from the lead.

A well made film with an obvious plot debt to Rosemary's Baby. I can't say the RB genre is over saturated just yet, so it was still a fun watch.

I enjoyed this movie, but I found it drew inspiration from the Original Rosemary's baby, starring Mia Farrow. Not as good, but still interesting to watch. It does meander at times, but there is some excellent acting, and the final scene is gut wrenching. I'd recommend it.