The Lodge (2019)
December 25, 2020 1:01 PM - Subscribe

When their father is forced to abruptly depart for work at Christmas, Aidan and Mia find themselves in the care of his new fiance Grace (Riley Keough) at their holiday home. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

From Veronika Franz & Severin Finala, the team behind Goodnight, Mommy.

Currently streaming in the US on Hulu.
posted by DirtyOldTown (5 comments total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
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posted by DirtyOldTown at 1:04 PM on December 25, 2020 [1 favorite]


I spent a lot of this movie thinking these kids are dicks. No evidence was presented to change my mind. Though this was the last movie I saw in a theater pre-COVID, so that might unfairly tarnish my opinion of it.
posted by triage_lazarus at 4:33 PM on December 25, 2020 [2 favorites]


It was not that hard to see that the kids were gaslighting her. Really lost steam after the opening. Not at all the equal of Goodnight Mommy.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 3:42 PM on December 27, 2020


I enjoyed that the end result of the film was “hey kids, don’t gaslight the wrong person.” It was both horrifying and satisfying in a fucked-up way.
posted by ejs at 8:16 PM on December 28, 2020 [2 favorites]


On HBO/Max at the moment. The really odd thing in this is how strongly it wanted us to notice that they were watching The Thing just before the gasheaterlighting started; and, well, okay. cold and isolated and people are not what they appear, fine, but mostly it made me think "I could be watching The Thing right now and having a much better time."
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 9:20 AM on October 23, 2023


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