Review #45: I Am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House (2016)
This review was originally written in October 2017. Horror Movie October day 17: I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House Tonight, I watched this movie on Netflix. It sounded interesting, and had some good ratings. Sounds good, right? I found this movie incredibly hard to watch. First and foremost, it's slow as molasses. It's saying something when a ninety-minute movie can be summed up in its entirety (darn near every single plot point, each and every scene) in four paragraphs, as it was on the Wikipedia synopsis. Not only is the movie's pacing slow, but it begins and ends with a narration/monologue from the main character, who I swear has a good second and a half between each and every word she says. I felt like her voice was being slowed down, or maybe the director told her that she was getting paid hourly until she finished her monologue, so she decided to milk the clock for all it was worth. Second, I found the story hard to follow as well. (Spoilers ahead.) When w...