Unwelcome (2023)

After a home invasion where both are brutally attacked, a British couple (Hannah John Kamen, Douglas Booth) escape their urban London nightmare to the tranquility of rural Ireland. However, they discover that even in the idyllic Irish countryside there are monsters of both the human and creature kind. Directed by Jon Wright (GRABBERS), this is a frustrating horror film that might have been a classic of its kind. For the first 3/4 of the film Wright is able to create an unsettling atmosphere and keeping the "beasties" out of sight only increases the tension. But it can't sustain the mood and descends into outright silliness and invokes giggles, intentional or not. It's a genuine pity because I was captivated by the first 3/4 which aren't without its own problems. Mainly, the two protagonists who behave like idiots. Hannah John Kamen's pregnant wife puts herself in precarious positions that put her in danger that no sensible pregnant woman (more concerned with her unborn child) would do. Booth's husband is a wussy cry baby who lets himself be humiliated by the sadistic cretins working on his house instead of firing them. I'd still recommend it because when it's good, it's very good but be prepared to groan in disappointment as it stumbles its way toward the end. With Colm Meaney.