A seemingly fresh take in the Philippine Horror cinema turned out to be a cliché supernatural revenge story.
The hyped up and promising premise of someone working as a content moderator being the protagonist of the horror story wasn't fully explored. There wasn't anything compelling with Nadine Lustre's character, Lyra, and we don't know anything about her besides being introverted and seemingly good at her job because of something that happened in her past.
One of the most powerful thing horror can do is to bring to light an uncomfortable truth about society or a specific fear of it. The movie could have stand on its own without its supernatural elements since there are a lot to be explored about the topics regarding how dark the human psyche can become within and outside the confides of the internet.
The hyped up and promising premise of someone working as a content moderator being the protagonist of the horror story wasn't fully explored. There wasn't anything compelling with Nadine Lustre's character, Lyra, and we don't know anything about her besides being introverted and seemingly good at her job because of something that happened in her past.
One of the most powerful thing horror can do is to bring to light an uncomfortable truth about society or a specific fear of it. The movie could have stand on its own without its supernatural elements since there are a lot to be explored about the topics regarding how dark the human psyche can become within and outside the confides of the internet.