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Looks good, will likely check it out.

I had to check that the main actress wasn't Gwen Stefani's much better looking daughter (she isn't). Some angles she has exactly the same profile to my eye.

I watched this during a recent binge of 4 new horror/suspense movies. This was really well done and was very suspenseful and atmospheric. I've seen it done a couple times so far but the fish out of water trope has turned into a very useful foil to modern technology and the ever present issue of trying to figure out how to nullify smart phone usage in modern suspense and horror. The language barrier made the protagonist's journey that much more isolated and added a lot to the old school Hitchcock vibe. I would take the leap and say that this is one of the top tier Hitchcock homage films that I've seen. Very strong cast and cinematography. The story, while almost identically borrowing its beats from Hitchcock, actually followed that blueprint well and the tension and pacing were perfect for what they were going for and lead to an earned payoff at the end, although the end was probably the weakest part in my opinion and the last few minutes felt rushed but the journey up to that point handled itself quite well.

Slaanesh69 said:

DooD! Did you not see It Follows or The Guest?? Both quality movies.

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Nope, maybe I'll check them out if I like this one. Particularly if you tell me she gets nekkid. She still looks like a much more attractive young Gwen Stefani though!

EDIT: Went and checked, I did watch Tau, which she was in apparently.