: Reviewers from Dread Central and Collider noted that while the film attempts to refresh the "screenlife" format with Japanese lore, it often relies too heavily on "gratuitous glitchy video footage" and distorted images, which some found more annoying than scary.
The film follows Jack (Ben McKenzie), who is working away from his family when his youngest son, Kyle, nearly drowns in a pond while on vacation in Tokyo. After the incident, Kyle begins exhibiting disturbing behavior—such as aggressively biting his brother and eating nothing but raw cucumbers—leading Jack to suspect a supernatural possession rooted in the Japanese legend of the . Critical Consensus bloat camrip