Horror about the process of mourning and pain where the director Benjamin Barfoot refers to The Babadook and, as many have already said, also, in some aspects, to Under the Skin.
Staging and photography are very well-kept, there is good work on the scenarios and therefore on the interior of the house with the glass walls which therefore always show the outside thus also giving the sensation of observation from the outside.
The work carried out on the outside is also good, in in particular, we note an insistence in framing the trees that make up the forest and completely envelop the house which therefore isolates the two main characters, Laura and Isaac.

The sound of the wind also has its relevance and is worth noting as despite the hissing, the trees, the branches, I remain mostly fixed, motionless, there is therefore the sensation that something is always approaching but in an unnatural way.
So the house with the glass walls, the reflections, the views indicate another reality.

Barfoot does a good job in isolating both Laura and Isaac in the scene, the two are dominated by the frame therefore the images show their disorientation and difficult conditions.
The characters are unable to find mutual comfort, both are in pain, Isaac has lost his father, he doesn't trust Laura and has visions, he hears voices, he thinks his father is still alive and wants to find him.
Laura is not Isaac's biological mother, she sinks her sorrow in alcohol while Dr. Alice also pressures her to keep Isaac while Laura is reluctant to do so, she wanted to be with James (Isaac's father) but can't handle the current situation, much less little Isaac, also note the phone call to her mother where the latter tells her to drop everything and leave.

Laura and Isaac will find themselves imprisoned between the crystal walls and the forest and both distant therefore alone and both will begin to feel, have visions of James even if not with totally human features.
The attention to the aesthetic sector can also be seen in the dress that Laura wears at James's funeral, a purple dress which however it shows the shoulders and with a transperant fabric that reveals the legs, therefore not exactly a formal mourning dress, this is because, probably, Laura wants to attract the attention of her friend Robert who will often go to visit her.
The direction by Barfoot initially builds everything with good shots creating atmosphere, there are good camera movements which generate tension through genre mechanisms.

The film often uses jump scares, if they had avoided them the quality would have been higher , some are still constructed while others are a little more banal and with a visual rendering when it comes to showing the horror that is not always effective.
In general, however, it is not a film that opts for continuous jump scares, through the horror mechanisms and camera movements also try, sometimes, to create anticipation for the arrival of the jump scares and then ignore it and show it later.
Barfoot never directly shows the creature's attacks, the killings it carries out the latter, this choice gives mystery on the one hand but if contextualized to the ending, the clash can be seen as a not always successful visual rendering when the horror must be shown.
In fact, even the tension sequences could be more prolonged, it seems that the scene always changes a little early, this mechanism is also desired but does not always have its effect. However, as written, especially in the first third of the film, it does not always culminate in the jump scare and the typical tension mechanisms are triggered through the camera movements.
The final battle has a good preparation, there is a scene that shows Laura in the foreground in focus with the rest of the shot, therefore, out of focus while the voice of James the creature is heard, however the clash could have been a little more intense even if we still try to arrive at a sequence with a little blood, there isn't much.

It is therefore a film that wants to mix horror films where there is drama, the Babadook is certainly a great reference, but we also look at more mainstream horror films with mechanisms and jump scares.
Good care was taken in the packaging, the atmospheres created, the shots, but there could have been less jump scares and more attention to showing the horror.
Barfoot is in his second film, however it seems to have a certain hand, he has an eye for shots, yes, we'll see what he does in the future.