It’s a performance that reminded me of Nicole Kidman in “ The Others” or Toni Collette in “ Hereditary”-two other turns wherein if they don’t commit 100%, the entire suspension of disbelief collapses. So many other actresses would have let the haunting do the work, but Hall knows that a film like this doesn’t connect without true, character-driven feelings at the center. She is a remarkable performer, doing some of her best work here in a part that requires a wide range of emotion. Why is she being shown these things? Hall deftly conveys a blend of anger, grief, and confusion that captures what it’s like to be left behind by suicide, wherein questions can never have concrete answers and loved ones naturally feel hurt by the decision to be left behind. They typically take place in the lake house where she now resides alone, and they seem to be leading her places, including to another “mirror house” across the lake, and down to where Owen kept his darkest secrets. What was he into?Īt the same time, Beth keeps having intensifying nightmares. As she opens boxes, she discovers some unusual possessions by Owen, including some books that appear to be about the occult and dark arts, complete with notes in the margin by her dead husband. He reportedly showed no signs of depression-as she says at one point, that was her thing-and Beth is just expected to keep unpacking at their lake house and going about her daily life as a teacher. Beth (Hall) has been struck numb with the sudden trauma of grief, and it’s the kind of grief that comes with a side of anger, as she’s furious at her husband Owen ( Evan Jonigkeit) for taking the boat out one morning and shooting himself in the head.
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