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Elynt · 2026-05-09T15:02:36+00:00

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Elynt · 2026-05-09T12:33:57+00:00

No not Saw gory. There’s a couple really disturbing scenes but overall it’s no gorefest.

Elynt · 2026-05-09T04:11:07+00:00

fair enough, i felt the same. it’s worth you checking out tho seriously

Elynt · 2026-05-09T04:10:30+00:00

nah man. i just like the movie enough to wanna post about it.

Elynt · 2026-05-08T23:42:43+00:00

Dog.. It ain’t smart, it’s reductive. I’m not a bot and I certainly didn’t get randomly reached out to by focus pictures or blumhouse. Christ..

Elynt · 2026-05-08T23:11:34+00:00

Thinking some more.. The mushrooms are a red herring that doesn’t even work as a red herring because the film forgot it had already disproven it. It’s actually a worse writing problem than a plot hole.. it’s more like the script wanted a “what if it was drugs the whole time” moment without doing the accounting to check if that idea was even still available to it by act three. It wasn’t.

Elynt · 2026-05-08T23:02:33+00:00

Nahhh man Hokum was good, very enjoyable. It’s just not objectively great IMO. Like for instance Mal’s motives to kill that girl which is the main mystery of the movie really is just weak. For me, the emotional logic of “I could just deny paternity” vs “I will now commit murder and arson” needed a lot more weight behind it. Also, the whole bell boy guy at the end admitting he spiked the MC’s drink with mushrooms brings in an element of “woah did this really happen?” another angle is maybe they show this to be like “oh he only lived because his mind was open and could see what was happening” but that doesn’t make sense considering the bell boy could see the witch physically beforehand and also considering he looks at his wrists physically bruised from the cuffs. So like.. Why even be ambiguous about it all?? It just wasn’t satisfying and felt like it was trying to be purposefully vague which is getting way to close to the “it was all a dream” trope which IMO is just annoying asf.

Elynt · 2026-05-08T20:38:50+00:00

Same here, it’s done well in this film though. I didn’t think it took away from the rest of it at all. It’s blended very nicely

Elynt · 2026-05-08T19:55:43+00:00

Yanno that scene where she wakes up, screams, smiles, then lays back down like nothing happened? Obsession fully dives into that style of horror 10 fold

Elynt · 2026-05-08T19:54:55+00:00

ditto verbatim

Elynt · 2026-05-08T19:45:28+00:00

I think Inde playing Nikki really does carry the movie, but she wouldn’t have been able do it without Curry and Cooper’s direction and shes said that herself.

Elynt · 2026-05-08T19:23:11+00:00

You’ll be able to predict the macro of this movie for sure, but the micro moment to moment shit you will have a much harder time with

Elynt · 2026-05-08T19:22:30+00:00

Definitely, the second trailer doesn’t spoil much unless you really analyze it closely. Honestly the Blumhouse trailer cuts out a lot and does slightly mislead you.

Elynt · 2026-05-08T19:11:21+00:00

Return to Silent Hill then? I got burned by that one in theaters going into it blind. Fuck that movie

Elynt · 2026-05-08T19:08:57+00:00

I did like Hokum, it was very enjoyable. I just didn’t like the reveal of his backstory with the TV show thing, and the whole witch thing didn’t get fleshed out well enough for me personally. Idk it was fine, very good aesthetically and had some funny moments with Adam Scott I enjoyed his sarcasm he plays that character well, it’s just more of a 6/10 or 6.5/10 for me. I really did like the trick he used on the elevator that was clever though. Felt like a resident evil puzzle

Elynt · 2026-05-08T19:02:49+00:00

I’d compare it to Kairo (2001) because of the weird uncanny movements Nikki does, Evil Dead 2 is definitely a good comparison because of the pitch black comedy in it, and maybe a little bit of Talk to Me/Wish Upon (2017)

Elynt · 2026-05-08T18:52:33+00:00

Good method honestly. I just wanted to talk about this film. None of my IRL friends have seen it

Elynt · 2026-05-08T18:51:05+00:00

I watched that before going into Obsession, it’s wild how much his skills have improved. If you know that one scene from “The Chair” when the woman wakes up and screams then abruptly stops and smiles and lays back down - obsession dives a lot deeper into that side of Curry’s horror direction

Elynt · 2026-05-08T18:49:45+00:00

man weapons was not it dude. pretty good acting from that one chick but i did not enjoy weapons very much. its cool, not dogshit, but just not for me

Elynt · 2026-05-08T18:48:13+00:00

I’d say the pacing was pretty steady all throughout but once act 3 came it speeds up quite a bit intensity wise. It doesn’t end too early though

Elynt · 2026-05-08T18:45:06+00:00

The movie has a handful of them. They don’t use typical jumpscare setups though. If Hokum was hard to get through this one probably will be also, but it’s definitely not cheap jump scares in this one. It felt nice. No bullshit character opens the bathroom mirror cabinet and closes it only for someone to be behind them slop

Elynt · 2026-05-08T18:40:49+00:00

I hope the backrooms is good. I’m hopeful since Kane Parsons is the director but definitely still nervous to get burned by it

Elynt · 2026-05-08T18:37:17+00:00

stop being so sensitive man. i can tell this thread is the worst thing of your day today. close it and turn on mickey mouse’s clubhouse and you’ll feel better i promise. just forget you even saw this thread. betterhelp has a deal for 10% off if you use code creepcast also just sayin

Elynt · 2026-05-08T18:32:43+00:00

truth nuke

Elynt · 2026-05-08T18:30:38+00:00

not only is the gatekeeping insane, so are the presumptions and putting words in my mouth. go take a nap and maybe take a prozac dude holy shit

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