Directed and written by Alex Ross Perry (Her Smell), this film explores the lifelong relationship between Catherine Hewitt (Elisabeth Moss) and Virginia Lowell (Katherine Waterston). Last year, Virginia was going through a bad time, and Catherine tried to help her; this year, Catherine is dealing with the suicide of her father, a man to who she gave everything, and her boyfriend James (Kentucker Audley) leaving her.

Last year, James took away from their relationship and this year, the man who gets in the way is Virginia’s neighbor Rich (Patrick Fugit). We quickly discover that Catherine’s issues are way worse than anyone believed; Virginia says she has nothing and is no one, as the only two men she put her life into have left her.

This happens when two people who say they know each other so well soon learn that they have no clue at all about each other. This leads to dialogue like “What’s it like, having all the answers all the time to everything?” and a feeling that a hagsploitation breakdown is about to happen at any moment, but what is sadder is that instead of being served a dead bird or shoved down the steps, these women inflict greater misery upon one another by the breaking of whatever supposed connection they once had.

At one point, Catherine takes all of her rage and explodes at Rich, saying, “You fucking animal. You unrepentant piece of shit. You click your tongue, and you revel in the affairs of others. You are worthless. You don’t know anything about me. You show up to fuck my best friend, and you pry into the lives of others to conceal how worthless and boring your own life is. I don’t deserve this. I just want to be left alone. I want to be left alone with the few people who are left in this world who are decent. You are weak and greedy and selfish, and you are the root of every problem. You are why people betray one another. You are why there is nowhere safe or happy anymore. You are why depression exists. You are why there is no escape from indecency and gossip and lies. You, Rich, you are why my father had to die. Because he couldn’t live in a world like this.”

Yeah, it’s not a fun vacation.

This has tones of Rosemary’s Baby (that party nightmare), Repulsion, Persona, Images, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Sisters and Interiors while having some Let’s Scare Jessica To Death without getting into the supernatural. It feels even more frightening like you’re trapped in the house with these people, waiting for their reality to implode.

Also: Elisabeth Moss being unhinged in this has only increased my crush. I can admit that.