Don't Listen (2020)
6/10
Decent for the genre, some good ideas and execution
28 November 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Could have been an 8+ if not for some silly audience manipulation, which is a shame because they did a lot of things well with this haunting tale. Great setting, solid acting, and yes a few good creeps (despite what the internet tough guys might say) that weren't all Jump Scare based.

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1 Moody creepy quiet kid trope - Check (sorry, he's "highly intelligent") 2 Characters finding themselves alone and having scary encounters/croaking - Check 3 Characters not learning from previous near-death experiences and going it alone again - Check Check Check 4 Cheap audience tricks - Check Check 5 Shoehorned ending twist - Check (he pulls pictures off the wall and then goes through them, a few key ones weren't even on the wall but this causes him to /// Big Spoiler ///



/// Blow his own brains out in a combination of points 2-4.

Pretty good otherwise!
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