Writer/director Bertino tends to use horror to accentuate and explore the empty space between friends, lovers, and family that have drifted apart for various reasons. For siblings Louise and Michael, they struggle through the guilt that comes with the inability to remember the last time they called home, and the remorse that their mother has been left alone to care for her dying husband. Death looms large, a heavy presence with no straightforward guide. The detachment between them only compounds the awkwardness of their forced pleasantries and unspoken confessions. It’s in the distance between this family – their grief and desperation for a last-minute miracle- that wickedness takes root. And boy does Bertino know how to create unsettling evil that will embed itself deep under your skin and leave you searching for the light switch.