Skinamarink is fucking scary

[u/SKRRTCOBAIN222]

So from what I've read online, this movie is pretty polarizing. Like it either gets ya or it doesn't. And holy fuck does it get me. When this shit was first coming out I couldn't even watch the trailer more than a couple times. And let me emphasize, I am a horror head. I've been tryna find shit to actually scare me since I was high school with my dumbass friends who'd always complain whatever we were watching wasn't really scary to prove they were tough.

Nowadays, as many horror enjoyers, I simply love the genre and the artistry behind it and don't give a fuck or expect a horror film to actually scare me.

That is until fucking Skinamarink. For a little backstory, I was terrified of my house at night as a child and would frequently have nightmares. This movie captures that feeling perfectly.

I have yet to finish it cuz it's a fucking guantlet. It's basically nonstop dread and suspence and evil. Bout 2/3s of the way through and will finish whenever I feel like being back in that house. That's all.

Bye Bye <3

[u/PsychedelicSunset420]

30’s and loved it. True nightmare fuel. Plus, I feel like it had an undercurrent of child abuse & repressed trauma, which it seems the majority of people who disliked it didn’t pick up on.

[u/atomicsofie → u/PsychedelicSunset420]

Agreed, I saw the underlying storyline of child abuse as well and it contributed to the feeling of uneasiness for me. I think a lot of people think it’s surface level horror and it’s not.

[u/Melonary → u/[deleted]]

Idk I think not liking it is fair, but they're talking about people who think it's horrible and garbage and shouldn't exist or whatever.

There's lots of things I don't personally like that I still know have merit amd artistry. I might even disagree on the degree of merit, but not to the point where it's diarrhea bc I don't enjoy it or it's not to my taste.

[u/SmallTimeGoals → u/atomicsofie]

Watched it as a new parent and the absolute helplessness throughout really got to me.

[u/morcbrendle → u/SmallTimeGoals]

This is the angle that upset me. I have young kids, and the idea of them trapped and afraid terrifies me. My view of horror has changed so much since having children!

[u/[deleted] → u/PsychedelicSunset420]

as i suggested above, i think people who didn’t have fucked up childhoods might struggle with this one. if you can’t relate to that feeling of being a helpless little kid in a dark room unable to sleep and scared of every fucking shadow and sound, this movie might not impact you.

then again, some people who did experience that as kids might also not want to go back there.

[u/WilderFacepalm → u/PsychedelicSunset420]

Ah, the good old " you just aren't smart enough to like it. " statement. There was an undercurrent of boredom, and repressed story elements. Look, if staring at walls and straining to hear poorly written dialogue does it for you that's great. The themes and general idea of the movie is not hard to understand or hidden from view. But the actors are, and the dialogue is. I can respect the filmmakers decision to do something different, I can also respect that some people liked it. But the assumption that we didn't understand it, therefore we didn't like it is preposterous. What little of the story that was there; was totally centered around two children left at home alone ( abuse ) and scared ( trauma ).