This Blumhouse cheapie feels like a throwback drive-in staple, as two bland couples, one with two children, on a weekend cabins-in-the-woods retreat, explore a creepy abandoned building with a bottomless pit, with which the children seem instantly obsessed and consequently start behaving increasingly disturbingly. The first half-hour is painfully dull, but then a chilling gamechanging moment suddenly promises a more interesting film that is sadly never fully developed or realised effectively. What does come across well (for a while) is Zach Gilford's portrayal of a man with mental health issues being forced to question his grip on reality in the face of trauma, but the generally flat dialogue, loud and intrusive soundtrack, unsatisfactory development of ideas and at-best adequate performances - with the children being a weak link - fails to engage, the final act proving rather silly and inadequate.
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