Just watched this movie and was pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed it. I went in kind of blind. I haven't really read into it or anything or seen any trailers but I had heard that there was no "It" or monster and that people felt let down by that,so that may have helped my expectations. But I knew nothing of the story or anything like that. It was a slow burn but i feel like the movie kept me interested and I was really drawn in by the characters.
my initial thoughts from the start when the dad Paul killed and burned the grandfather were that there was a deadly virus of some kind, perhaps zombie related but maybe not. The son Travis was traumatised by the grandfathers death. Then the stranger Will shows up breaking into their house. I didn't believe his story, I thought he knew the guys who ambushed the truck, so already I was feeling the paranoia of the main character.
turns out he was telling the truth about his family, everything seemed ok, but the Travis was having weird nightmares and obviously was a bit off. I was guessing trauma and isolation was taking its toll. then Paul caught Will in a lie so again I thought the new family were untrustworthy.
the dog ran off, Travis' nightmares were getting worse. Travis found the kid in the grandpas room, put him back in his parents room, then heard the noise and alerted his dad and they all came out and found the dog, dead in the house. There was a mystery about who opened the door and about the young boy possibly sleep walking. In my mind I'm trying to figure out if sleepwalking is a symptom of the disease, is the young boy turning and other things.
then both families separate, get paranoid about each other, the young boy is coughing, then they shoot it out. That shit was brutal and really hit me hard. then it ends with Travis getting sick.
so my mind piecing it all together, I think I have it worked out and after looking online I think I'm close to what other people think. Travis was sick with the virus possibly even the whole time, either getting it from the dog or from his grandfather. His nightmares were likely induced by the virus and he was probably sleepwalking in a hallucinogenic state. The young boy may have been infected too, either from Travis, the dog or the grandfathers room, but he may have just had a regular cough. Travis probably opened the door while sleepwalking and maybe even killed the dog. At the end I think everyone was going to get sick.
I liked how the movie subverted my expectations. This was like a reversal of the usual trope where the family stay with the crazy house owners during a virus outbreak and the owners attempt to kill them. Instead we see it from the home owners perspective. The other family may have not been sick at all. Overall, I really enjoyed it.
my initial thoughts from the start when the dad Paul killed and burned the grandfather were that there was a deadly virus of some kind, perhaps zombie related but maybe not. The son Travis was traumatised by the grandfathers death. Then the stranger Will shows up breaking into their house. I didn't believe his story, I thought he knew the guys who ambushed the truck, so already I was feeling the paranoia of the main character.
turns out he was telling the truth about his family, everything seemed ok, but the Travis was having weird nightmares and obviously was a bit off. I was guessing trauma and isolation was taking its toll. then Paul caught Will in a lie so again I thought the new family were untrustworthy.
the dog ran off, Travis' nightmares were getting worse. Travis found the kid in the grandpas room, put him back in his parents room, then heard the noise and alerted his dad and they all came out and found the dog, dead in the house. There was a mystery about who opened the door and about the young boy possibly sleep walking. In my mind I'm trying to figure out if sleepwalking is a symptom of the disease, is the young boy turning and other things.
then both families separate, get paranoid about each other, the young boy is coughing, then they shoot it out. That shit was brutal and really hit me hard. then it ends with Travis getting sick.
so my mind piecing it all together, I think I have it worked out and after looking online I think I'm close to what other people think. Travis was sick with the virus possibly even the whole time, either getting it from the dog or from his grandfather. His nightmares were likely induced by the virus and he was probably sleepwalking in a hallucinogenic state. The young boy may have been infected too, either from Travis, the dog or the grandfathers room, but he may have just had a regular cough. Travis probably opened the door while sleepwalking and maybe even killed the dog. At the end I think everyone was going to get sick.
I liked how the movie subverted my expectations. This was like a reversal of the usual trope where the family stay with the crazy house owners during a virus outbreak and the owners attempt to kill them. Instead we see it from the home owners perspective. The other family may have not been sick at all. Overall, I really enjoyed it.
