As the film progresses through its just-right 99 minute running time, the twist ending may become fairly obvious to even a journeyman horror film viewer. Of course, the simple fact that a movie looks European or foreign doesnвЂ™t make it any scarier, but such attention to detail makes the house a character of its own.ДЄ torturous twist. The mother has the svelte, healthy physique that we Americans are always lead to believe is the result of EuropeansвЂ™ more active and health-conscious lifestyle. The boys, played by Lukas and Elias Schwarz, are incredibly skinny and lanky, probably from their incessant outdoor playing. The house, which serves as the setting for virtually the entire film, is as minimalist and impeccably clean as anything youвЂ™d see at an Ikea store (except for a nasty cockroach problem, which is one of the few things in the film that seemed exist only for scary shock value). Everything about the movie screams Europe. A significant part of what did eventually suck me in was the movieвЂ™s aesthetic.

While I was definitely intrigued and curious, the movie did not suck me into its plot as quickly as its premise sucked me into the theater. Since we never see her acting вЂњnormally,вЂќ the twinsвЂ™ suspicion of her emotional distance and strictness feels a bit out of place. In fact, our first introduction to the mother is when she returns from her operation all bandaged and quiet. Things donвЂ™t go from happy to scary on the drop of a hat. Sure, Lukas and Elias are first shown happily goofing off in the beautiful Austrian countryside, but when their mother returns from her operation, the tone does not transition as jarringly as I expected. Although the premise alone made me feel uneasy before setting foot in the theater, the movie is not super tense and engrossing right off the bat.

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