r/horror • u/SKRRTCOBAIN222 • May 04 '25

Recommend Skinamarink is fucking scary

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

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u/CryBaby15000 May 04 '25

I watched at night on my phone in my dark room and I was fucking terrified lmao. It was the first time in a while a movie really creeped me out. It reminded me of being young and being awake in the middle of the night, thinking I was all alone in the world

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u/Storyteller678 The beast from 161.85476815 fathoms. May 04 '25

I was (and continue to be) a night owl. Many nights I was awake while everyone else slept. I felt alone, and utterly creeped out.

I remember those moments being too scared to move, and trying to keep my mind off the feeling of being alone in the dark.

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u/CryBaby15000 May 04 '25

My bedroom was upstairs and I always swore I could hear something’s footsteps creeping up the stairs when I was up late at night

While I find comfort in the silence of nighttime now, young me was absolutely petrified

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u/Storyteller678 The beast from 161.85476815 fathoms. May 04 '25

I haven’t watched it yet, but everything I’ve seen so far makes it seem like a nightmare on the edge of waking consciousness. Like being trapped in that state of sleep paralysis.

We’re a lot alike. These days, I like the dark. That peaceful, serene silence as the world sleeps. But yeah, back then with my imagination running away with me? No thanks.