Rent You Should Have Left (2020)

Supernatural Thriller - You Should Have Left review by GI

A supernatural thriller with it's story based around a weird house (echoes of The Shining are fairly obvious) where middle aged, jealous and stressed Theo (Kevin Bacon) goes with his much younger screen actress wife Susanna (Amanda Seyfried) and their six year old daughter Ella (Avery Essex) for a much needed getaway. It's a big, modern property, in Wales, with no phone signal and a strange design to it. Theo has a dodgy past which comes back to haunt him as strange things begin to happen. There's a lot that's clichéd here but equally the film does offer some quirky twists and sudden events that take you by surprise. Story wise it's enjoyable and entertaining but as a modern indie horror film it lacks that certain sharp sense of impending terror to make it something good. There are events and characters that are left unexplained especially around the house itself which leaves you feeling perplexed and unsatisfied by the end. Entertaining as far as it goes but could have been better.

Disappointing and uneven thriller - You Should Have Left review by CD

I was attracted to seeing Kevin Bacon in a new role.  Unfortunately the plot is not sufficient to create any real suspense or tension, in spite of the efforts of the cast.  You know that the film is going an unadventurous route when Kevin keeps having nightmares.  It could have done with a lot more real manifestations and perhaps a few more sinister external characters than the man in the grocery store.  

And you shouldn't bother - You Should Have Left review by cr

You would have thought that with a cast as good as this they would have made a decent film sadly not.

Low budget and boring everyone involved should have turned it down.

Avoid.