Hannah Shulman. By Audrey Deng , Arts Editor September 9, The unique mockumentary style brings new life to the classic horror story narrative while simultaneously defying all natural instinct — who would first grab a heavy video camera while being attacked by possessed grandparents? The story follows two precocious siblings, Becca and Tyler Jamison Olivia DeJonge and Ed Oxenbould, respectively , as they meet their estranged grandparents Deanna Dunagan and Peter McRobbie for the first time.
They spend the week with Nana and Pop Pop in their quiet Pennsylvanian home while their mother Kathryn Hahn goes on a cruise, maintaining communication through Skype calls. At night, Nana runs around the house with a knife, naked and vomiting, sometimes synchronously. Pop Pop stores his adult diapers in a barn and tackles strangers, but never synchronously. These activities happen earlier and earlier in the day, and capturing the downward spiral on camera is Becca and Tyler.
Shyamalan catered all too well to these stresses with a well-placed zinger or a shot of bare buttocks. Far too much screen time is dedicated to establishing just how crazy the Jamison grandparents can be. The repetitive scenes of Nana running around the house and Pop Pop lurking by the barn, while effective the second and third times, became a bit hackneyed and predictable by the time the plot twist was revealed. However, the plot twist does not disappoint. It is just as groan-worthy as one could expect.
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