If you are a fan of this sort of thing, it's probably a nice diversion for a rainy evening. Otherwise, we've seen this movie before... many times. Back in the 60s, Joan Crawford, Olivia De Havilland, Shelley Winters, Agnes Moorhead, Susan Hayward, Ann Sothern, Tallulah Bankhead, ... even Debbie Reynolds, and most memorably Bette Davis (who did a whole string of the things, both in movie theaters and on TV) all turned to the horror/thriller genre when they got too old to be leading ladies. The legendary Isabelle Huppert may have arrived at that stage of her career. There doesn't seem to be any other explanation for getting involved in this tired old plotline. (Although the film isn't a remake, ii isn't unfamiliar.) Huppert and co-star Chloe Grace Moretz acquit themselves well, but surely they can both find better things to do. The script is sort of clunky, plot holes abound, and a number of "oh, come on! Seriously?" moments appear regularly. (The bumbling detective was very obvious.) The dream (nightmare?) sequences are particularly clumsy, to the point that it isn't even clear exactly what is a dream and what isn't. A shout-out to Maika Monroe, who handles her throwaway role as the wiseacre roommate with far more acumen than it is written. So, how many more leading ladies will be turning to this sort of movie-making? Kind of a scary thought itself, isn't it?
