This movie had potential to be so much better than it was.
I love the idea of playing with the moment of death and where our souls/conscious goes in that moment. However, I feel as though they didn't lean into that enough in this movie, or at least portrayed it in the wrong way. They didn't focus much on what happens after Zoe dies and I wish they expanded upon that more. It would have given more motive as to why she started killing everyone out of nowhere. I guess we're just supposed to assume the "she went to hell and now she's evil" trope. It felt like weak writing to have it play out like this.
The kills were okay, nothing crazy or over the top. They could have gotten really weird with it, given the setting of the underground lab, but they went with typical slasher-style kills. Crushing, asphyxiation, crushing again, and a neck snap.
In summary, the movie didn't do much. It feels like the studio went in gung-ho with just an idea and never really had a fully fleshed-out story. Though I will say, the ending where demon-Zoe starts bringing them all back to life was something I did not expect. I'd give this a 5.5/10.
I love the idea of playing with the moment of death and where our souls/conscious goes in that moment. However, I feel as though they didn't lean into that enough in this movie, or at least portrayed it in the wrong way. They didn't focus much on what happens after Zoe dies and I wish they expanded upon that more. It would have given more motive as to why she started killing everyone out of nowhere. I guess we're just supposed to assume the "she went to hell and now she's evil" trope. It felt like weak writing to have it play out like this.
The kills were okay, nothing crazy or over the top. They could have gotten really weird with it, given the setting of the underground lab, but they went with typical slasher-style kills. Crushing, asphyxiation, crushing again, and a neck snap.
In summary, the movie didn't do much. It feels like the studio went in gung-ho with just an idea and never really had a fully fleshed-out story. Though I will say, the ending where demon-Zoe starts bringing them all back to life was something I did not expect. I'd give this a 5.5/10.