The reviews on IMDb generally slate this film, but actually I thought it was OK. It was quite suspenseful getting into the heads of the victims of apparently much mindless terrorism by 3 masked intruders.
The story is that two chirpy, happy-go-lucky young adults very much in love are heading off on holiday in their car, they stop in a rural village/town for lunch and while they're having it, some local loops sabotage their car. They can't prove it of course, but are pretty much forced into taking up another local's offer of an AirBNB nearby (while the car is fixed). In the middle of the woods. Isolated. Alone. Dark.
During the night the three hoods, with hoods on(!) go about their onslaught. There's not actually a huge amount of violence - most of it is perceived and, as I say, the tension and suspense at times is handled well. The two leads, especially the girl, I thought were very convincing, not for one minute looking like a tongue was in a cheek. Madelaine Petsch plays Maya and Jeff Morell, Ryan.
It's all very dark and menacing but ultimately pretty mindless with no real motive by anyone for what is going on. It's worth hanging about for the credits, incidentally, because there's a fair bit in them. Even when you think there's no more! I enjoyed it. But it seems I'm alone!
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