Looking to hear
More about this, without spoiling it, of course.
Hard to find.
Any horror fans have thoughts to share?
Was this at the cinema or on a channel?
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MovieChat Forums > Skinamarink (2023) Discussion > Looking to hear
Usually, I really like these kinda films - and I really wanted to like it - but man was it a snooze. You're mostly just staring at empty dark corridors, blank walls and darkened halls etc. Nothing really happens, except for the few mundane jumpscares, where only one kinda made me jump. I mean, sure, it effectively captures the feeling of one of those weird, abstract nightmares you might have once in a while, but with its runtime, it becomes a bit too drawn out. Seriously, halfway through it started to lull me to sleep. It should have been, maybe, 45min; at max.
With that said, there was one thing I really liked. (minor spoiler, without context)
"Put the knife in your eye."
Is there not really a plot then? It’s just scary images and jump scares?
shareWell, the "plot" is that two kids - four and six years old I believe - wake up in the middle of the night, to find that their dad is missing and that all of the doors and windows, to the outside world, are gone. They then take their blankets/pillows and some of their toys and "build a fort" - so to speak - in the living room, where they watch old cartoons and wait for their dad to return. Then something tells them to "come upstairs" and weird imagery/nightmarish stuff start happening. One of the main things about it, is that we never actually see the faces of the kids, even though they're our main characters. They're mostly filmed as silhouettes or just their feet walking about. It's kinda hard to explain, but the guy who made the film has a Youtube channel, where he mainly makes "strange nightmare videos", which I guess kinda gives an idea of what to expect.
Here a link to his channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@BitesizedNightmares
(The "Nightmare Forever" video he made, gives a somewhat good idea of what to expect from the film, so to speak)
Thanks for the info.
I know this might seem like a weird question, but is there an exact ending then? Or does it just end? Do we get any explanation or anything?
I really like the 'look under bed' scene though.
shareOne of the main things about it, is that we never actually see the faces of the kids, even though they're our main characters. They're mostly filmed as silhouettes or just their feet walking about.
That is a very novel technique. And it shows a lot of artistic restraint and concept.
I see the rating is relatively low, 5.1. But many people have trouble grasping films which don't follow the usual pattern. This movie sounds good. share
Totally agree with the length of the film. Nothing was happening in 75% or more of the shots and they didn't seem to be setting up anything except constant unknowingness. It was one of the most difficult films to sit through and I normally like these types of films. Like someone else said, this could have been an amazing 30 minute short film. Also, it seemed like we were mostly looking at still pictures or hardly any movement. Would have been a lot more interesting to watch the kids moving around the house trying to figure out what was going on. I get it, it cost almost nothing to make, but it shows and it needed a little more.
shareI'm seeing it tomorrow night, and will report back. I read today that it is the scariest horror film of all time. That probably isn't true, but gives me hope that it will be a good scary film.
shareI wrote more in a post, but my short review is that it is very effective (though only in a theater I believe) but completely unlike any film I've ever seen. If you can handle avant garde type of horror, you might like this a lot. You also might hate it. I liked it quite a bit, but can see how it will be a polarizing film.
shareIt's a shitty experimental arthouse film with MAYBE 20 minutes of content stretche out to almost 2 hours with not much of anything happening aside from a couple of cheap jump scares.
Hope you enjoy looking at walls for almost 2 hours, because that's what most of this movie is.
This is probably one of the first movies that I somewhat enjoyed but also felt was a waste of time. It's quite unique.
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