As I've said, this will have a lot of stuff that will qualify as spoilers. But I also temper that statement with the fact that I read a whole lot about this movie before seeing it, and I had no idea how it made any sense. I read reviews that were more philosophical about the relationship between the audience and horror movies, and other ones that took the movie at face value, and took each plot point as exactly what it was in the context of the movie. None of these things made the story clear to me.
The spoiler-heavy version of the movie is that there is a large organization that manipulates events, in order to fulfill a human sacrifice, which prevents the rising of The Ancient Ones. It is gradually revealed that the cliches of horror movies are the result of the machinations of this organization.
There are lots of fascinating parallels in this movie. The viewer can sit in for the role of the directors of the organization, as they react to the actions of their subjects, and when they celebrate seeing things going right. While we see the scene with the Harbinger from the traditional perspective the first time through, we get a second sequence of him talking, which plays as a joke, but Cathy pointed out that this served to switch the subject of the movie from not being the kids - but being the organization that is the subject of the movie. Maybe it turns the organization into being victims of the kids?
The movie is a joy to watch. The last 20 minutes flies into a sense of chaos that feels so out-of-control that you know these problems can't be undone.
If anything, I think that the movie might be too clever for its own good.
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