My take: Skip the first half of the movie and get right to the good stuff: tension, gore and mysterious alien infection.
Rating: 1 out of 4 stars
The title “Honeymoon” gives away much of the plot. A couple, played by Rose Leslie (who plays Ygritte in Game of Thrones) and Harry Treadaway, are on their honeymoon at a cabin. One night, alien-like lights flash and the bride disappears
Poster for Honeymoon
mysteriously. She found somehow changed her memory starts to falter and her personality is not the same. Things progress rapidly at this point and these are not good things that are progressing. They are at a cabin after all; cabins are not good in the world of horror movies.
While the premise is solid for a basic horror film, it unfortunately takes quite a while before we get to the point of the story. The first half or even two-thirds of the film consist of a sickly-sweet couple of their honeymoon. It could almost be mistaken for a sappy rom-com, which is unfortunate because when creepy things start happening to the bride, the film gets thoroughly enjoyable.
Is it worth watching? Maybe. If you can hit the fast-forward or multi-task during the first half (like my husband did), then it may be worth it.
I would recommend the second half of this movie to people who like The Fourth Kind, the Evil Dead remake, Cabin Fever and other possession/infection films.
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