So I guess my beef is with the theme and that ends up being a personal choice and preference rather than what the director was going for.

I prefer my horror to take me there and keep me there. To not give me an out, that if I find humor in it, that's my own response.
Without that I feel cheated. I feel like I watched an episode of are you afraid of the dark rather than something truly scary. in this case I've made too much of a deal about that because the horror is "relatable" for once.