I'm glad I went into this without knowing it was supposed to be a horror film because I enjoyed it more. It felt more like a Stone Age thriller, reminiscent of "Prey (2022)." It got me thinking about how the Stone Age is underutilized in movies compared to the oversaturation of Victorian era-based films and TV shows. There's a potential for great movies set in the Stone Age beyond just animations.
I loved the campfire stories at the start, served as a pretty good character introductions. The cinematography is great and coupled with the score, I think they're the movies best qualities. I wasn't expecting there to be much to the story and it ended up being very minimalistic. The narrative in the first two acts and some of the visual aspects also reminded me of The Ritual a lot. If you watch them back to back they probably feel quite similar.
The movie had good tension. As I said it's more I thriller than it used to be horror; But you do fear for the characters and the situation they find themselves in. The creature's reveal was great, the scream afterwards when all three were looking at each other.
I don't know if we were supposed to get a moral message from the story, but I loved when the child said 'they aren't things.' The movie was very delicate in conveying that revelation and could be a lesson about not judging others out of fear and what not. But then again I the more I think about it the more I tell myself "it wasn't that deep bro." I did enjoy the movie though, might not be for everyone but if you liked Prey you'll probably like this too.
I loved the campfire stories at the start, served as a pretty good character introductions. The cinematography is great and coupled with the score, I think they're the movies best qualities. I wasn't expecting there to be much to the story and it ended up being very minimalistic. The narrative in the first two acts and some of the visual aspects also reminded me of The Ritual a lot. If you watch them back to back they probably feel quite similar.
The movie had good tension. As I said it's more I thriller than it used to be horror; But you do fear for the characters and the situation they find themselves in. The creature's reveal was great, the scream afterwards when all three were looking at each other.
I don't know if we were supposed to get a moral message from the story, but I loved when the child said 'they aren't things.' The movie was very delicate in conveying that revelation and could be a lesson about not judging others out of fear and what not. But then again I the more I think about it the more I tell myself "it wasn't that deep bro." I did enjoy the movie though, might not be for everyone but if you liked Prey you'll probably like this too.