This is a tricky movie to review.
Before I watched it I checked it on imdb and saw alot of views saying "this is not a horror movie!".
That is half right. Maybe 65% right.
The movie plays out like a drama. But there are reoccurring horror elements in the story.
But it feels more like a drama.
As far as modern horror movies go, the movie is fairly tame over all.
The ending sequence does really bring the horror for the last 20 minutes or so.
The problem is people will expect a typical horror movie. They will be expecting everything associated with the horror genre.
And that is not what this movie does and many people will hate it because of that.
The movie description doesn't help out matters either. From that movie description line I was expecting quite a different plot line and it took me quite a while to realize the description line was nonsense.
Is it a horror movie? Maybe. Not for alot of people.
But the film is structured around horror. The whole story is based on horror.
But as I said it plays out as a drama. You could use the term "horrodrama" to describe this but I do think the film is a little light on the horror for that term.
But the horror elements in the movie are psychological. Very strong but implicit.
A horror fan used to just slashers, violent survival stories, all out haunting stories or anything like that is probably going to be very disappointed.
I do believe their is a strong horror to the story but it is psychological, it is implicit, it is between the lines. It's doesn't come out in a bunch of intense scenes, though the movie has it's moments sprinkled in.
The film is also a slow burn.
So here you have subtle horror, moments sprinkled in here and there, in a slow burn movie.
So this is definitely not for everyone.
To really appreciate this movie you have to get into the drama of the story and feel for the main character. Which was easy for me.
The drama aspects of this movie are very good.
It's not token drama or filler or some weak thing put in to bolster a typical horror movie.
The drama and the story are very good so I actually didn't mind this movie playing out as a drama.
So feel free to role the dice on this one.
I like it and found it good but I can certainly see why alot of people wouldn't.
Before I watched it I checked it on imdb and saw alot of views saying "this is not a horror movie!".
That is half right. Maybe 65% right.
The movie plays out like a drama. But there are reoccurring horror elements in the story.
But it feels more like a drama.
As far as modern horror movies go, the movie is fairly tame over all.
The ending sequence does really bring the horror for the last 20 minutes or so.
The problem is people will expect a typical horror movie. They will be expecting everything associated with the horror genre.
And that is not what this movie does and many people will hate it because of that.
The movie description doesn't help out matters either. From that movie description line I was expecting quite a different plot line and it took me quite a while to realize the description line was nonsense.
Is it a horror movie? Maybe. Not for alot of people.
But the film is structured around horror. The whole story is based on horror.
But as I said it plays out as a drama. You could use the term "horrodrama" to describe this but I do think the film is a little light on the horror for that term.
But the horror elements in the movie are psychological. Very strong but implicit.
A horror fan used to just slashers, violent survival stories, all out haunting stories or anything like that is probably going to be very disappointed.
I do believe their is a strong horror to the story but it is psychological, it is implicit, it is between the lines. It's doesn't come out in a bunch of intense scenes, though the movie has it's moments sprinkled in.
The film is also a slow burn.
So here you have subtle horror, moments sprinkled in here and there, in a slow burn movie.
So this is definitely not for everyone.
To really appreciate this movie you have to get into the drama of the story and feel for the main character. Which was easy for me.
The drama aspects of this movie are very good.
It's not token drama or filler or some weak thing put in to bolster a typical horror movie.
The drama and the story are very good so I actually didn't mind this movie playing out as a drama.
So feel free to role the dice on this one.
I like it and found it good but I can certainly see why alot of people wouldn't.