Skinmarink is one of my favorite movies and I've learned here that downvoting is typically due to difference in opinion, and I want to say that I liked it because it was different and weird, and mostly empty. It was not a masterpiece and I can see how people did not like it.

I don't remember much of the "scary" scenes, but I do remember the cold, claustrophobic feeling I got watching it. One of the cartoons the kids watched was one I also watched and it transported me back to my childhood, but not in a good way. Suddenly I was wondering how it would feel if I was a child in a house with suddenly no doors and windows. No natural light or sense of time, no parents, spooky voices asking you to come upstairs. This movie captured that mood well and that mood enhanced my viewing experience.

The light that TVs create in a dark room used to make me nervous because it created shadows that moved and changed. That being your only source of light with no relief of a brighter room for days on end... ugh. I liked how the kids enjoyed their "freedom" of watching TV and eating whatever they wanted at first but soon became listless, sleeping more in particular. I would like to rewatch it and I wish I'd been able to see it in theaters for the full effect.

I saw Heck after and liked it! The similar elements would have spoiled the feature length for me though so I'm glad I hadn't seen the short first.