As the interloper in a collapsing family, Keoughs Grace is no stranger to tragedy inThe Lodge.

And without a car.

(Dad will come up on the 25th).

Still from The Lodge horror film

Are they really alone?

Is Grace fully able to be trusted considering shes on medication for lingering mental trauma?

Can the wrathful kids?

Those things, plus Graces medication.

She doesnt need ghosts to hear the echo of her fathers commanding threat: repent.

And it surely does thanks in a major way to Keough.

Hence her downward fall from well-meaning protagonist to possible antagonist will likely be horrors greatest special effect this year.

Less explosive, in the end, thanHereditaryorThe Witch, it is easy to predictThe Lodgewill divide some audiences.

But its pressure-cooker conceit and devastating paranoia casts a subtle spell.

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Rating:

4 out of 5