6/10
A ‘smiling demon’ makes me think of every critique for every photo I’ve ever taken. That being said, an actual demon needing to take lives horrifically as an exploration of personal trauma was refreshing. The need to revive or resuscitate or realiven(?) a demon is pretty standard but, as an allegory for the shit we deal with, it’s pretty on point. It was creepy and the smiling was a fun twist on people being haunted by what they can’t grasp.
Loved the killings and the ending. Hated the back and forth between reality and demon-induced wishful thinking. I liked the personal hurt manifesting as an entity to conquer but felt that the slow points in that regard were a little hard and out of place.
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