Thanks for the memories!

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Absolutely the worst movie.

Blistering performances.

Question 1: Please tell me why a child that size drowned in the bathtub?? Sit up kid. Question 2: Why is no one investigating her missing husband? Meanwhile she's doing "research" like most typical horror films trying to get to the bottom of it! Question 3: Does she even care that her husbands gone?? Nope. Doesn't seem to bothered by it. Question 4: Why were they so angry with her for giving him a sleeping pill only to hold him down to give him a shot??? Question 5: Why was the front door to the orphanage unlocked??? I think that's it. But I'm still pretty confused by the whole thing. Could have been great, but didn't quite get there.

I started watching the film with the pre-conceived idea I wasn't really going to like it, or that it might be boring. I couldn't have been more wrong! This was scary. This was magical, sad, believable and beautiful! Yes, we've all seen movies before where a couple adopts a child and things then go very wrong. I actually expected this to be a 'been there seen that' scenario. The actors were really great and convincing. I also enjoyed the idea of the mother being in a therapy group, as it helped clarify a lot of things. The film has a great atmosphere and great visuals. I loved it.

It's nice to see a horror movie in this day and age that doesn't rely on jumpscares with a loud music stinger. The acting isn't the best, but the mood and atmosphere make up for it. The creepiest moments for me are when you briefly glimpse the Canker Man in the background or in shadow. I also like that they explain the origin of the monster at the end.Overall, it was a very enjoyable experience and a breath of fresh air for a modern horror movie.

I saw this film on Netflix mainly because it was recommended by a friend at work. It was interesting and hardly a waste of time, but like so many horror movies throughout history, it had something, but it did not fully deliver. It amazes me how often this happens, perhaps it is easy to come up with a creepy concept, but it is just hard to find a satisfactory way to finish said horror film. This one starts out very well, has some good creepy stuff going on, but kind of ends in a very dissatisfying manner that it made me enjoy the film less than I should have. One thing that surprised the heck out of me is when I came to this page to review the film, Thomas Jane was the dad. I do not know how the heck I did not recognize him when I was watching it! The story has a couple who have recently lost a child about to become foster parents to a troubled, but super polite young boy. This young boy seems to want to avoid sleep at all costs as he chugs sugary drinks and takes those pills that keep you awake. The mother tries to get him to sleep, but when the boy does strange things seem to happen around the house. Seems, butterflies appear and it is not long before the parents realize that the boy's dreams manifest themselves in the real world. The mother tries to take advantage of this gift to see her deceased son, but the father is opposed to using the boy this way. However, soon, both parents find out that not only do the boy's dreams manifest themselves, but so do his nightmares! The cast is pretty good and the film is rather well done. It has a similar premise to another film, "The Disappointment Room" in that both films feature a couple who have recently lost a child, though this one is far superior to that one. The ending is disappointing though, as it tries to be kind of happy, but it leaves so many things unanswered. Thankfully, though, the film has pretty good pacing and enough things good about it that the ending doesn't totally detract from the rest of the film. So the film had its moments, it just could have done a bit more to finish things out. The premise needed to be explored more fully than it was instead of leaving us wandering what the heck happened to certain people. The film features some good creepy scenes and has a rather unsettling creature within. Was not a bad film by any stretch, but not very good either. That is like a lot of horror films, they have a good story going for them and things such as an ending that fails to deliver end up making it less memorable and good than it should have been.