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Wait till you read my next script...nothing but a bunch of dingbats sitting in a pitch black cave reciting lines from famous novels. Every now and then, someone lights up a smoke, so we have some cig light. Should be amazing.
Wait till you read my next script...nothing but a bunch of dingbats sitting in a pitch black cave reciting lines from famous novels. Every now and then, someone lights up a smoke, so we have some cig light. Should be amazing.
Didn't they do that already in Dead Poets Society?
Wait till you read my next script...nothing but a bunch of dingbats sitting in a pitch black cave reciting lines from famous novels. Every now and then, someone lights up a smoke, so we have some cig light. Should be amazing.
Looking at that list, seeing as I have seen almost all of the movies there. It wasn't a very good year for horror, IMO.
I liked Oculus the best, as it tried to be different. Babadook had a nice atmosphere and Housebound was the one that was constantly moving forward with twist after twist, if you are into that kind of thing.
I thought this one was quite strong. Definitely wavered in the second half -- lots of unimpressive moments like the car crash and Mr. B on the ceiling -- but the strong attention to the core conflict kept me going. The jump from sympathizing with Mom to sympathizing with that awful kid was pretty well handled, although I think was a little hamstrung by the choice to stay with her perspective throughout -- I think we coulda handled seeing through the kid's eyes a bit and still staying attentive to Mom.
A very entertaining horror film, though, and a strong treatment of grief, and the anger that comes with it, for any genre. The choice to have a happy ending that was about control rather than expulsion was what set this one apart, I think.
Is it a pretty good little creepy horror flick? Yep, it is.
Like many horror films, there are obvious issues that aren't addressed that most peeps don't seem to care about, which always surprises me.
Like...what is The Babadook...or is it Mr. Babadook? Why does it decide to torment Amelia and Samuel all of a sudden? Has it done this to others before? Doesn't seem like it. Will it do this to others in the future? Unlikely, considering it now lives in their basement and appears to be content on a bowl of worms each day.
It's well put together, well shot, and works in the ways in which it sets out to. That in itself is much more than most horror movies can ever hope to say.
My biggest problem was that I really didn't find it enjoyable, because of how irritating Samuel was early on and how evil Amelia is in the 2nd half. Almost like who am I rooting for here and do I really care of anyone actually survives.
I also thought alot of very poor decisions were made by both Amelia and Samuel, but that's obviously intentional to move the story along to the plot points the writer aimed for.
All in all, better than I expected and better than I'm used to, so that's a passing grade for me. Actually, I'll give it a...
Like many horror films, there are obvious issues that aren't addressed that most peeps don't seem to care about, which always surprises me.
Like...what is The Babadook...or is it Mr. Babadook? Why does it decide to torment Amelia and Samuel all of a sudden? Has it done this to others before? Doesn't seem like it. Will it do this to others in the future? Unlikely, considering it now lives in their basement and appears to be content on a bowl of worms each day.
I saw the movie 5-6 months ago, so I might be missing something. But from what I remember, it was made pretty clear that the movie was about... SPOILERS
....mental illness. There was no Babadook. The mother was crazy. The basement thing was to show that she was suppressing her illness for the sake of her kid, because she loved him. But that it could very well make a comeback.
That's what I got Demento, though can be read a little more literally if you are that way inclined...
I think a second viewing definitely cements the mental breakdown themes and it is more clear that many of the scenes are metaphors.
I also think that the mother's peformance and watching her disintegrate is utterly compelling, very clever to have a child who is that damaged/annoying too as you don;t automatially side with him or feel sorry for him.
Just a couple of months to wait for the pop-up now
....mental illness. There was no Babadook. The mother was crazy. The basement thing was to show that she was suppressing her illness for the sake of her kid, because she loved him. But that it could very well make a comeback.
That, and it was also about grief, and guilt about the way she feels toward her child.
The basement, where she stores her husband's things, was a metaphor for her subconscious, where she stores these other feelings -- a task she (apparently) masters by the end of the story. There are also several hints that the mother is the real author of the book -- every time.
I liked this film a great deal. It demands a bit of thought, but works on many, many levels all at once. My opinion, anyway.
BUT...there were numerous scenes in which supernatural things were happening to both Amelia and Samuel.
Are we to beleive that none of this actually happened? And if so, is this actually a horror movie or just metaphors being shown for the sake of scares and excitement?
If the latter is true, I'm not remotely happy, as what I watched was all really BS, and IMO, that never flies...but...based on word of mouth and the Tomato Meter, maybe I'm once again on my own little island, even though, over all, I did think this was a pretty good little scare flick.
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