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Night Swim (2024)
Interesting but nothing new
A rather predictable story with an interesting backstory, however you pretty much know what's going to happen if you've seen any other hollywood horror movie.
If the writers went the way of delving into the backstory further instead of having it a straightforward simple film, it would have been much better. But of course it's Blumhouse, and they don't really do complicated or clever.
So if you want a standard jump scare horror movie, or if you're a casual horror fan, you'll probably enjoy this.
It's not bad by any means but it's nothing special either.
It's filmed well, the direction is actually astonishing and some of the shots are pretty damn good.
The acting is of course decent too but what do you expect from a film starring Kurt Russell's son Wyatt?
He's Watching (2022)
Very different.
It had me thinking this is what Skinamarink should have been, it's just a shame it didn't have a higher budget as the story and execution was actually pretty decent and with a bigger budget, it would have removed the cringey cheesy parts.
For a film made by a family during the pandemic, you can tell they had some decent ideas that were likely cooking around in one of their heads for a while.
It gets very very weird too. Some parts were good and creepy, others looked awful and hilarious.
The only thing that annoyed me about the plot was the boy putting things together. The things he realises, I doubt anybody in the whole world would have been able to realise. He sees a lock for example and says "that must mean everything is set in stone".
That's one of the simpler connections he makes.
Give it a watch and see what you think. I like weirdness so I was happy with it.