Caveat
A lone drifter suffering from partial memory loss accepts a job to look after a psychologically troubled woman in an abandoned house on an isolated island.
Critics Sentiment
Olga's mother's ghost pursues Isaac and Moe underground
Moe explains Olga's parents' tragic deaths and her condition
The film surges from its slowest, most tedious exposition section to its most terrifying and effective horror sequence in the basement climax.
Caveat struggles with pacing issues and an implausible premise in its first half, losing many viewers during sluggish exposition. However, it builds effective atmospheric tension and delivers genuinely frightening moments, particularly in its basement ghost sequence, before stumbling to a weak and unsatisfying conclusion that fails to provide adequate payoff.
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