Bleak, forgettable and free of scares

Strong acting let down by story

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every angle and distance while the actress unsettles using a distorted voice and unclear intentions.

Spanish director Jaume Collet-Serra has a varied back catalogue that includes horror (the House of Wax remake, Orphan).

He turns to the dark side once again for Blumhouse's latest which follows Romana (Danielle Deadwyler) and her kids Taylor (Peyton Jackson) and Annie (Estella Kahiha) as they encounter a mysterious Woman (Okwui Okpokwasili) who repeatedly appears sitting in their front yard.

It's a small cast in a self-contained farmhouse location so a lot rides on the quality of the acting and storytelling.