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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Jan 26, 2018 12:45:49 GMT
Has anyone checked out this Netflix horror. I really liked it a lot, I thought it was a really strong, slow burn horror. It has a solid script, quite strong performances and rarely ventured into the realms of stupidity. It all seemed quite realistic and believable.
It seems, aside from by myself, it is getting fairly solidly thrashed everywhere. 3.4/10 on IMDB, 17% on rotten tomatoes and so on. I'm kind of shocked. Has anyone else seen it? Am I the only one who liked it?
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Post by coop032 on Jan 26, 2018 14:22:42 GMT
Didn't plan on seeing it at all after what I've been hearing. I think you're the first positive review I've seen, so now I'm a little interested.
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Post by pacinoyes on Jan 27, 2018 20:21:54 GMT
I'm going to watch it tonight - looking forward to something terrifying and I'm ordering food delivery so the danger is doubled!
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Post by pacinoyes on Jan 30, 2018 11:05:46 GMT
Ok, that was a film that was a mix of some good and bad that I'll put into spoilers below but basically if that wasn't a Netflix original it would be far better received than the ratings you listed. I think it's more old fashioned and not cool enough for the too cool to be scared club. I can't recommend for general audiences but it was a good way for me to kill a little time and one particular scene got me big time, 6/10 and I liked parts of it - if you like horror particularly 70s grounded in reality horror. Hope Netflix does more and make a little Blumhouse production wing......... The Bad:
Some things I was fuzzy on - maybe intentionally so - did Logan see a bowl of cereal in the room not eaten by him or his Mom? He seemed to forget it pretty quick; why not call his phone (did he try?); what was in those photos Naomi was look at that seemed odd - I think I missed it and didn't go back to check. I didn't think Logan was that good, but his Mom was very strong and believable....some of it seemed rushed, you don't really connect to it. Not bad but tech details were unremarkable, needed some use of mood or setting, more on the house itself.
The Good:
That scene itself just freaked me out, him getting into the bed and laying in bed with her and then her discovering it. Several good jump scares and fake outs (nothing really happens in the basement!), good pace, sort of a sick joke at the end (which I like) based on something Logan says about well Open Houses being weird ..........some unexpectedly nice moments when the neighbor says "Death moves in and doesn't move out" or something like that which is eerie and on target to them. I think this is an example of the "Black Mirror" effect which I wrote about in that thread in TV where if people don't get a twist they feel ripped off - but this movie isn't about twist, it an inevitable cat and mouse game and it plays out that way
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Jan 30, 2018 11:52:26 GMT
Ok, that was a film that was a mix of some good and bad that I'll put into spoilers below but basically if that wasn't a Netflix original it would be far better received than the ratings you listed. I think it's more old fashioned and not cool enough for the too cool to be scared club. I can't recommend for general audiences but it was a good way for me to kill a little time and one particular scene got me big time, 6/10 and I liked parts of it - if you like horror particularly 70s grounded in reality horror. Hope Netflix does more and make a little Blumhouse production wing......... The Bad:
Some things I was fuzzy on - maybe intentionally so - did Logan see a bowl of cereal in the room not eaten by him or his Mom? He seemed to forget it pretty quick; why not call his phone (did he try?); what was in those photos Naomi was look at that seemed odd - I think I missed it and didn't go back to check. I didn't think Logan was that good, but his Mom was very strong and believable....some of it seemed rushed, you don't really connect to it. Not bad but tech details were unremarkable, needed some use of mood or setting, more on the house itself.
The Good:
That scene itself just freaked me out, him getting into the bed and laying in bed with her and then her discovering it. Several good jump scares and fake outs (nothing really happens in the basement!), good pace, sort of a sick joke at the end (which I like) based on something Logan says about well Open Houses being weird ..........some unexpectedly nice moments when the neighbor says "Death moves in and doesn't move out" or something like that which is eerie and on target to them. I think this is an example of the "Black Mirror" effect which I wrote about in that thread in TV where if people don't get a twist they feel ripped off - but this movie isn't about twist, it an inevitable cat and mouse game and it plays out that way Glad you liked it somewhat, and totally agree with you that it felt quite 70s and super grounded, which was my favourite thing about it. I asked myself the same questions about the cereal and the phone. In terms of the photos, if you mean the ones she looked at right before the killer struck in her bed, then she sees pictures or herself sleeping and then pictures of Dylan sleeping, so she was immediately clued into the fact someone else was in the house.
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