There are some few issues with this film. First of all it seems to have a false start, where a woman that rented out an BnB in a very questionable part of town in Detroit and that too being the only house in the area that is still intact amid a largely abandoned and ruined town, only to find that it has been occupied by some another person that claims to be a BnB customer himself. Thus starts an uneasy arrangement between two strangers and the awkwardness of trust that one of them isn't an unhinged lunatic with hidden intentions in a house with its own deep dark secrets underneath.
The build up was great up to this point till the movie cuts away and starts all over again this time with an actor suddenly finding out he is being sued for sexual scandal witih one of his co-workers and is at the brink of losing his livelihood as all of his movie deals are suddenly put on hold. Having to recoup funding for the upcoming lawsuit against him, the actor finds himself visiting one of his properties and the only standing house in an abandoned, decrepit town in Detroit. Where he finds the house to have a deeper secret than being being the only livable structure in the entire town.
It felt like the writers couldn't decide which introduction to stick with and decided to use them both. While this isn't an uncommon tactic, the sudden reset squanders the intensity that was already built up in the fist act. Thankfully, both them are well written enough that I still found myself invested in how things connect. Although frankly, the first act although good could have been a part of a different movie. The reveal of the houses' deep dark secret is equal parts surprising and a little bit disappointing as it pivots to an entirely different genera after setting up an intense situation about trusting strangers. Still though, the acting and direction was decent enough that you will have an entertaining ride to the end, despite the leaps in logic with some of the reveals. This could have been a lot worse if both intros were not well executed luckily both of them were pretty interesting that I was fine with going with it.
The build up was great up to this point till the movie cuts away and starts all over again this time with an actor suddenly finding out he is being sued for sexual scandal witih one of his co-workers and is at the brink of losing his livelihood as all of his movie deals are suddenly put on hold. Having to recoup funding for the upcoming lawsuit against him, the actor finds himself visiting one of his properties and the only standing house in an abandoned, decrepit town in Detroit. Where he finds the house to have a deeper secret than being being the only livable structure in the entire town.
It felt like the writers couldn't decide which introduction to stick with and decided to use them both. While this isn't an uncommon tactic, the sudden reset squanders the intensity that was already built up in the fist act. Thankfully, both them are well written enough that I still found myself invested in how things connect. Although frankly, the first act although good could have been a part of a different movie. The reveal of the houses' deep dark secret is equal parts surprising and a little bit disappointing as it pivots to an entirely different genera after setting up an intense situation about trusting strangers. Still though, the acting and direction was decent enough that you will have an entertaining ride to the end, despite the leaps in logic with some of the reveals. This could have been a lot worse if both intros were not well executed luckily both of them were pretty interesting that I was fine with going with it.