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97. The Inhabitant (Hulu)

I chose this literally because it was the first movie I haven't seen listed under the For You section.

The Inhabitant is about a girl who thinks that she's being possessed by the spirit of Lizzie Borden and keeps seeing visions of her murdering people. And then people keep ending up dead.

So my thoughts are this movie was by no means bad. It was actually good at parts. But it's just a strange, strange movie that never feels like it lands.

The editing probably jumps out as rather jarring to me. Not necessarily good at all, and it felt like it was just very disjointed sometimes, like I would miss something in a scene. And the direction, while good, never really lended itself to capturing the horror well. So it's not necessarily scary.

The script also doesn't feel very great. I could see the twist coming extremely early, and they may telegraph it too hard? I'm not sure. But the twist probably would've been a lot better had it not been so obvious.

All of that said, the performances are probably the best part. Dermot Mulroney does a solid job here, but he's not given much. Odessa A'Zion, who you may know from the Hellraiser remake, did a great job. I bet she'll hit it big here soon, because she's a quality actress. And then Leslie Bibb is in this too and probably does the best performance that the script will allow her. I was kind of impressed by her frankly, because she never stood out in anything I've seen her in before.

But it's a solid enough movie, but it doesn't ever hit a higher gear. It's got some parts that did legitimately shock me, but it's cut in a way that I think a better director could have gotten more out of it. So yeah, I don't necessarily recommend it. But it wasn't bad by any means.

Rating: 6.5/10