transphobia and misogyny flow through the film as much as blood, staining what might have been a solid genre effort; Ghostland is an intentionally unpleasant nightmare that will please genre fans
misogynistic, transphobic and persistently mean-spirited, Ghostland is an exhausting and unrewarding watch, in which the audience is reduced to just another prisoner, held against their will in Laugier's sadistic prison of unrelenting nihilism
for some horror fans..they may enjoy a similar frisson here. The rest of us will again feel a tad queasy about the way Laugnier meticulously showcases sadism while seeming comparatively indifferent to matters of basic storytelling logic and suspense
