Ok, I like this one. What starts out as a very slow, almost dreadfully british film somewhere along very roughly the lines of “Coherence” — turn a normal gathering (in this case a family of unpleasant almost dreadfully British people) in a house into an increasingly desperate situation (in this case the house exits all being sealed from outside and the television issuing increasingly strange commands) and see what happens — gives absolutely no clue for the first two acts as to how far over-the-top it’s going to go by the end. How ridiculous it is, and how uninspired the storytelling and one-dimensional the characters are, is compensated for by the fact that it’s not really much like anything I’ve seen before. Really, you’ve got to admire its fidelity to itself. In someways, it’s a decent throwback to ’50s monster movies. It decides where it’s going to go, and sticks to it, and doesn’t tip its hand early on just what an absurd length that’s going to be.
