If “Barbarian” handily won as last year’s premier monster-in-the-basement movie, 2023’s prize might well end up going to “Cobweb” — a less inspired effort, but one decently creepy enough to get the…
If “Barbarian” handily won as last year’s premier monster-in-the-basement movie, 2023’s prize might well end up going to “” — a less inspired effort, but one decently creepy enough to get the job done. Chris Thomas Devlin’s script feels like a composite of some prior horror conceits, and there is not much depth to the narrative or characters.
When Peter’s new substitute teacher Miss Devine grows concerned about his well-being — a routine class assignment gets a classic “cry for help” crayon drawing from him — she pays an unannounced home visit. Mom Carol seems “off,” even as she eagerly blames any signs of distress on her son’s “overactive imagination.” Nor is shady dad Mark any more reassuring in a followup visit.
Sometimes backlit like gothic ghouls, Caplan and Starr give performances on the verge of villainous fairytale caricature, making some of “Cobweb” reminiscent of Wes Craven’s “The People Under the Stairs,” albeit without that film’s command of a black-comedy tilt. And when a not-entirely-surprising twist reveals the true menace here to lie elsewhere , that requires a whole new arena of disbelief-suspension from the viewer.
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