The Critical Appraisal of Horror Films

i don't really trust national film critics on horror kind of period. Sometimes i feel like i don't necessarily bring the right brain to certain films. And then i'll revisit it. I had a recent example of this with malignant were the first time i watched it, i was like, wo what is this? Then the second time i watched t i loved it. But this one in particular, it does feel like there is some consensus around the fact that it just doesn't work, which is too bad.