It puts the lotion on its skin or the family goes in the pit again

Sequence error (scratches on arms 0:14:10).
Confusing and pointless subplot.
A piece of shit.

Can't believe I wasted 1 hour and 43 mins of my life on this. I kept waiting for something to happen and it never really did. And what was with the other little girl? Was it meant to portray the absolute opposite of John? Very bizarre film.

This movie is definitely not going to be for everyone.

It is very creepy and disturbing. Shotwell does a really good job here.

How I rate:
1-3 :heart: = seriously! don't waste your time
4-6 :heart: = you may or may not enjoy this
7-8 :heart: = I expect you will like this too
9-10 :heart: = movies and TV shows I really love!

More like 'John and the Hole Lotta Nothing'...

A chilling twist on Home Alone. An unusual film but commendably made.

What a waste of my life.....

Very good cinematography, shot and directed well. Mostly interesting for a slow burn. Disgruntled kid tests sleeping pills on gardener before dosing family, putting them in a neighboring basement of an abandoned property.. Just waiting for the end for a point to it. The "why". Why would he do this to his seemingly loving, stable family? Is there an ugly dark family secret ? Is he being (insert dark imaginations)?? Then with the end comes the big surprise boom. The kid's just a neurotic little kook feeling the coming pressures of adulthood. No point, no secretes, and no punishment. No point at all. Then there's the sequences that kept shifting to the 12 year old girl plot. Another pretentious director thinking his ending is artsy and the audience will somehow get "it", his big mysterious duality audiences will surely embrace. Only there is no it.

Seeing the trailer i thought immediately about "We need to talk about Kevin" which was superb!
boy what a totally disappointment. ok please don't start the whole artistic approach and a genius director that gave a film that you cannot understand. There is a big difference between not knowing if the coin stops spinning and from this. What is the answer then ? 80 minutes of no dialogue only stupid things

[spoiler] Was it all on his head ? no ? if no it didn't make any sense. Yes, again no sense
WHAT WAS THE SUBPLOT !?!?!!!? a woman that perhaps on a nice ending could be his sister. a little girl at the end finds herself on the same woods. If it was a dream or a story then the scene of someone filing and closing the hole would never happen.[/spoiler]

There is no answer, only speculations and i don't know if the director even gave one or that i actually care for one.