This was honestly a great horror movie, and it was very serious up until the big reveal/twist.
Now everyone who paid attention knew that our main character (Madison) had some kind of mental disorder and Benjamin was in her head, but the twist of Ben actually being a parasitic twin who lives inside her brain and was woken up by hitting her head against the wall allowing him to pop out of the back of her head, paralyze her, and take full control of her body turning her into a backwards killing machine was something I did not see coming at all. In a way that was refreshing, in another way it took a movie I was really enjoying (The suspense and horror had me) and made it almost laughable.
I really wish that they had kept it more grounded in reality and made it so that Ben's brain was still inside of Madison's head (Not half of his body), and this is how he was able to control her body.
They also never explained Ben's and now Madison's ability to control electricity, make phone calls, and the super human strength. I mean since they went all campy horror, why did they not just say that they were using experimental drugs on Benjamin that gave him these super powers, and thus since they shared the same body Madison had these super powers as well.
Either way I wish they had avoided that twist all together and stayed in reality and made this a true psychological, horror/thriller that was believable. I would have been very happy giving this a 9/10 if they did and would be very much looking forward to the sequel.
I'm closer to a 4/10 after the twist but really enjoyed the movie before the twist. It's worth the watch, but not worth a second viewing.
Now everyone who paid attention knew that our main character (Madison) had some kind of mental disorder and Benjamin was in her head, but the twist of Ben actually being a parasitic twin who lives inside her brain and was woken up by hitting her head against the wall allowing him to pop out of the back of her head, paralyze her, and take full control of her body turning her into a backwards killing machine was something I did not see coming at all. In a way that was refreshing, in another way it took a movie I was really enjoying (The suspense and horror had me) and made it almost laughable.
I really wish that they had kept it more grounded in reality and made it so that Ben's brain was still inside of Madison's head (Not half of his body), and this is how he was able to control her body.
They also never explained Ben's and now Madison's ability to control electricity, make phone calls, and the super human strength. I mean since they went all campy horror, why did they not just say that they were using experimental drugs on Benjamin that gave him these super powers, and thus since they shared the same body Madison had these super powers as well.
Either way I wish they had avoided that twist all together and stayed in reality and made this a true psychological, horror/thriller that was believable. I would have been very happy giving this a 9/10 if they did and would be very much looking forward to the sequel.
I'm closer to a 4/10 after the twist but really enjoyed the movie before the twist. It's worth the watch, but not worth a second viewing.
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