Quartile rating: 7.5/10 · 1 rating
A mother of two inherits a home from her aunt. On the first night in the new home she is confronted with murderous intruders and fights for her daughters’ lives. Sixteen years later the daughters reunite at the house, and that is when things get strange...
Ghostland (also known as Incident in a Ghostland) is a Pascal Laugier film that carries his signature brutality and psychological disorientation. Its greatest strength is its novelty — Laugier constructs a genuinely unsettling reality-bending narrative that subverts expectations in ways that feel distinctly his own, evoking his New French Extremity roots. The acting is serviceable with standout moments of visceral intensity, particularly from the younger cast, but inconsistency holds it back. Cinematography is effectively claustrophobic and grim without being especially inventive. The plot is ambitious in its unreliable-narrator structure, though it occasionally strains credibility. The ending, while attempting a twist resolution, feels somewhat deflating and rushed, undercutting the accumulated dread rather than delivering a satisfying payoff.