Isaac (Jonathan French) had an unspecified that left him with some short-term memory issues. He has blackouts but they're mostly harmless. They do keep him from finding real employment so when his old friend Moe Barrett (Ben Caplan) offers him a grand to do some light babysitting, Isaac is hard-pressed to say no. Even when it turns out that the assignment is on a remote island and the charge is Moe's schizophrenic niece Olga (Leila Sykes) who falls into catatonic stupors and has chronic nosebleeds. Oh, and her father (Conor Dwane) committed suicide in the basement and her mother (Imma Pavon) has been missing for eight months. And Isaac has to wear a vest attached to a chain that restricts him from going in Olga's room. For her safety. Uh-huh.
At no point did I know what was going to happen in this movie. Do you have any idea how rare that is for me? And not "oh, I thought it was this but I was wrong." That happens to me a lot. Genuine *shrug* "who knows??" Every choice he made was fascinatingly wrong!
Did I love the musical cues tied to jump scares? No. But I will say that it used the geography of the house to really good effect, like a well-set-up game of Mousetrap. Also, best use of a tea cozy in a horror film. A++. It's streaming on Tubi and I feel like it's seriously underrated. If you like Gothic thrillers but wish they were a bit more rustic, this is for you.
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