Too many things wrong with this film. The film never reveals the secrets of the tree. Jess, as. Helen said, is a total monster. She is a bigger monster than what her son has become. She has a drug problem, ruined her marriage, neglects her children and takes her kids away from the other parent that is capable of providing care for them. Despite this, she is given custody of her two children because she is the mother.
When her son becomes sick with an unexplained illness that turns him into a vampire like creature after he is bitten by the infected family pet, she hides his illness from the doctors in the hospital she works in. Out of her own selfishness and ego , she decides to feed her child human blood which she knows is unsustainable. At first, she illegally obtains the blood from the hospital's freezer that stores blood for patients, then animal blood from rabbits she purchased at a pet store, she feeds her son her own blood until that also isn't sustainable, then she kidnaps a terminally ill elderly woman who only has 6 months to live from an undisclosed cancer. She robs the poor elderly woman from her few days of life to satisfy her motherly ego by drawing her blood to feed her son.. She knows this will eventually end with the death of the old woman and she traumatizes her daughter with her decisions. Her son dies anyway but with a ton of collateral damage in her wake. Again, Helen said it best, Jes is a monster. The boy might have lived if given proper medical care.
The flick is a vampire film without the "vampire". It reminded me a little of "Let the Right One In (2008)" in which in that film, a caretaker for the vampire kills and brings back blood for a young-looking girl that is hundreds of year-old vampire. But again, here, the film doesn't go into vampire lore. But it's the same concept of feeding a blood thirsty monster.
I didn't like the film because I found the character, Jess, reprehensible and the story wasn't fleshed out well. The story of the tree is never revealed so we are left with nothing. The ending seems to imply or leave room for a possible sequel when the story seems to repeat itself with a new family pet that is at the brink of becoming infected. But this time the three has been burnt down. I really hope there isn't a sequel. This film was a waste of time. It felt like it would be a good film. Almost felt like an A24 horror in the beginning. But it didn't go anywhere. I didn't like it.
When her son becomes sick with an unexplained illness that turns him into a vampire like creature after he is bitten by the infected family pet, she hides his illness from the doctors in the hospital she works in. Out of her own selfishness and ego , she decides to feed her child human blood which she knows is unsustainable. At first, she illegally obtains the blood from the hospital's freezer that stores blood for patients, then animal blood from rabbits she purchased at a pet store, she feeds her son her own blood until that also isn't sustainable, then she kidnaps a terminally ill elderly woman who only has 6 months to live from an undisclosed cancer. She robs the poor elderly woman from her few days of life to satisfy her motherly ego by drawing her blood to feed her son.. She knows this will eventually end with the death of the old woman and she traumatizes her daughter with her decisions. Her son dies anyway but with a ton of collateral damage in her wake. Again, Helen said it best, Jes is a monster. The boy might have lived if given proper medical care.
The flick is a vampire film without the "vampire". It reminded me a little of "Let the Right One In (2008)" in which in that film, a caretaker for the vampire kills and brings back blood for a young-looking girl that is hundreds of year-old vampire. But again, here, the film doesn't go into vampire lore. But it's the same concept of feeding a blood thirsty monster.
I didn't like the film because I found the character, Jess, reprehensible and the story wasn't fleshed out well. The story of the tree is never revealed so we are left with nothing. The ending seems to imply or leave room for a possible sequel when the story seems to repeat itself with a new family pet that is at the brink of becoming infected. But this time the three has been burnt down. I really hope there isn't a sequel. This film was a waste of time. It felt like it would be a good film. Almost felt like an A24 horror in the beginning. But it didn't go anywhere. I didn't like it.