In this reasonably interesting sci-fi thriller, a young woman living in an idyllic isolated house in a forest one night finds herself at the mercy of an alien invader... and seemingly ostracised by the community nearby, it becomes an exercise in Invasion Of The Body Snatchers paranoia and ultimately survival as the scale of the threat grows bigger. The USP here is that there is no dialogue. therefore three main factors become crucial: sound design works very well indeed throughout, the story pieces come together gradually and effectively, and the (almost solo) lead performance by Kaitlyn Dever is strong. In spite of quite a lot of murky night shooting, the film acts as a technical exercise in giving a different take on the well-established alien abduction/invasion sub-genre and displays good effects work but, central gimmick aside, this is a standard alien/home invasion film that shows commitment but offers little that is new.
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