A suspenseful British thriller, very light on substance.

A fairly good psychological thriller/horror movie whose sole stumble is telegraphing the twist way too far in advance. Aside from that, the film offers a new take on a familiar story that I won't outright spoil.

the underlying concept of the story is quite good, but Ellis doesn't manage to really develop the plot and tries to fill the 90 minutes with dragged out scenes, as a result the movie suffers from pacing issues. While his ability to render the tension is admirable, he squanders the chance to make something memorable by leaving the story somewhat unresolved. Some good photography, expert use of repetitive sounds also give the movie character, but not more.

It might be a decent psychological horror movie, but I hoped for much more from Sean Ellis after his brilliant Cashback. Artsy cinematography with a focus on detail, acting and overall atmosphere is good enough and the film made me feel very uneasy, but the script, the story seems unfinished, some good ideas scrapped together without any outcome of explanation.

Decent cinematography and some creepy buildup can't hide the fact that there's very little content beneath the surface. Things are kept too vague, the editing is clunky at times and there's very little payoff. There's barely a story here, and what little we have never comes alive. An actual ending would've been nice as well.

Passes the time.

Psychological thriller wannabe.

"Ponderous, confusing, and melancholy, it is a Kafka-esque nightmare of coincidences, paranoia, and slow descents into madness."

"It's not a stalker flick or a ghost story, although it's sort of a combination of both."

Underrated! Slow-boil suspense with brilliant visual flair. The script is not perfect, but this is a case of the "journey being greater than the destination".

What was that? Well at least it was a bit different, not sure it made any sense though.

"I was on board with The Broken through the first three quarters, but the sucker punch of nothingness at the end soured me on the whole thing."

This was horrible. It was so painfully slow, painfully boring and painfully stupid. This was the supernatural equivalent of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. A good scene here and there and Richard Jenkins make this worth watching at all.

Psychologically, this scared the shit out of me. The actor carry the film well and though the plot is not very complicated, it's better than most of the trying-to-be-complex-thrillers... it's a bit sick too!

Worth a watch

"There's lots of style, there's no substance, and no matter how much people praise his work, I still think that Sean Ellis is all smoke and mirrors."