Should have been left on the shelf

 

You Should Have Left (2020)

Directed by David Koepp this film based on the novel of the same name stars Kevin Bacon, Amanda Seyfried and Avery Essex. A married couple and their daughter go to stay at a strange house in Wales.

As horror films go this one covers a lot of familiar territory and is never especially scary or creepy. The message of the film is the depressingly familiar idea that a man can only prove his love for his family by sacrificing himself. I think there is a good film in here about the way guilt can destroy a person but this is not the story to handle it with any depth.

2/5