First off I LOVED the first three movies, truly. This one just wasn't it for me. The lead that played Margot was insufferable and fell into that horror movie trope of the selfish "protagonist" who disregards everyone else's feelings and (justified) absolute terror and hysterics, and just yells "wait! Stop! Just listen! Ok, we will as soon as ___". As least with the original group led by Alex there was some explanation why people had a sense of duty to stay, some larger objective, even in the following movies the motives made sense (as far as that can go in a horror movie). In this she just felt like a bully that yelled louder and louder, or made false promises, until her girlfriend did what she wanted (points to the Rebecca character for trying to nope out of there asap but...love I guess?).
The backstory with Patrick didn't add a whole lot until (I guess?) The end, and the loose connection to Margot felt like an afterthought. This movie felt like a sequel in that there was a deviation from a central storyline and too many side plots that just didn't come together.
I'm actually really bummed about this, the Hell House trilogy is one I wish I could experience for the first time over and over, and this was just disappointing.
The backstory with Patrick didn't add a whole lot until (I guess?) The end, and the loose connection to Margot felt like an afterthought. This movie felt like a sequel in that there was a deviation from a central storyline and too many side plots that just didn't come together.
I'm actually really bummed about this, the Hell House trilogy is one I wish I could experience for the first time over and over, and this was just disappointing.