Look, when you first move into a place, you can explain away a number of things that might give you the creeps as mice in the attic or squirrels on the roof or the house settling. Maybe, depending on your history, you might think you're losing your mind. I think when you have proof on film of something in your bedroom while you're asleep, it doesn't matter if it's a person who has a passkey or someone who knows about a secret passage or if it's a ghost or a demon. You have proof something's in there that shouldn't be. You get out.
Nick doesn't. Nothing is presented as a reason why he wouldn't leave. He doesn't have angst over an empty bank account or a history of being cut off from his friends by a long-term abusive relationship. He has resources, but he doesn't use them until it's almost too late. And then, when he tries, he's blocked. He wants to take the train back to London, but there's a fire at the train station, so presumably no trains are going to be running for a few days. So he's back in his bedroom. Are there no cars to hire in the UK? Is there no coach service? Are there no hotels in Nottingham where he could stay?
Right before the ending of the movie there's some text that says that the footage that follows was pulled from the cloud and is presented on edited. So now you know, without even watching it, that Nick died. Do you have any idea how easy it would have been to have his friend, whom he's supposedly been communicating with this whole time, log onto Nick's cloud account and either watch footage that was uploaded earlier, or even in real time, so this information isn't given away?
Plus, it would have left things open for a sequel where the antagonist attaches to the friend.
Ridiculous. It taints the whole film.
Nick doesn't. Nothing is presented as a reason why he wouldn't leave. He doesn't have angst over an empty bank account or a history of being cut off from his friends by a long-term abusive relationship. He has resources, but he doesn't use them until it's almost too late. And then, when he tries, he's blocked. He wants to take the train back to London, but there's a fire at the train station, so presumably no trains are going to be running for a few days. So he's back in his bedroom. Are there no cars to hire in the UK? Is there no coach service? Are there no hotels in Nottingham where he could stay?
Right before the ending of the movie there's some text that says that the footage that follows was pulled from the cloud and is presented on edited. So now you know, without even watching it, that Nick died. Do you have any idea how easy it would have been to have his friend, whom he's supposedly been communicating with this whole time, log onto Nick's cloud account and either watch footage that was uploaded earlier, or even in real time, so this information isn't given away?
Plus, it would have left things open for a sequel where the antagonist attaches to the friend.
Ridiculous. It taints the whole film.