>the monster is depression, also, stock sound effects
Greatest horror movie ever amirite?
>>68154715
...but it did genuinely frighten me at times.
>>68155354
what a faggot.
the movie was ok. just ok
>>68155387
What an articulate critique.
>>68155437
this board if full of children who's parents undoubtedly have their own babadook to deal with
It really liked it. But I wouldn't say the monster is just depression.
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>>68155534
I feel like half of all posters here don't even like movies, they just watch blockbusters/capeshit.
>>68154715
People usually recommend this to me when I ask for newer horror movies, but I haven't watched it. Is it worth it? Is it better than It Follows?
The monster is less depression and more her hatred she feels at her son
Stock sound effects deserve the shit they get though. In any movie.
How am I supposed to enjoy native American savages pounding someone's dick open if all I can think about is the sound it makes.
>>68155739
It Follows is better, by a lot.
Babadook is more psychological horror/drama.
>>68155748
I just saw Bone Tomahawk yesterday, are you spying on me?
>>68155873
Is there anything from this decade that's as good as It Follows? I enjoyed Cabin in the Woods, but that was more of a comedy/Evil Dead/Hellraiser tribute.
>>68155944
Maybe Kill List. That's all I can come up with that's even close.
>>68155944
The Descent
>>68156109
I think he meant from 2010-, not within the last ten years. But yeah, The Descent is very good.
>>68154715
honestly my biggest problem was the
EPIC YOUNGSTER WHO MAKES SHITTY CONTRAPTIONS THAT SOMEHOW MIRACULOUSLY WORK AS INTENDED AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME HAHAHAHAHA SUCH A CUTE KID XDDD
other than that I enjoyed it.
>>68155944
The Witch was better than all of those films
>>68156109
>>68156149
ok, this is the second time I've seen this now. How come /tv/ loves this goddawful movie so much? It's just murder porn with whatever acting. Great ending is all I can really say about it.
>>68156242
Good horror movies are just more than just there to scare you
>>68156201
I heard The Witch isn't really horror.
>>68156242
>intense intro
>emotional character backstory with impending repercussions to the group dynamics
>god-tier creature design
>audience investment in final outcome
>>68156378
it's just pretty slow building. It's more a story of a family being driven against one another by the actions of a separate entity and their own paranoia. Very good movie, check it out.
This is one of those actually good movies /tv/ has some sort of autistic problem with. Like Skyfall.
>>68154715
Not even close.
>>68156378
It isn't horror. It's a family drama starring a bunch of retards.
>>68154715
The build up for this movie man, the build up. It was doing it's job so well until
>Movie Maker Babadook
Seriously? FUCKING Seriously?
>>68156381
To add onto this it used jump scares in the best ways I've seen at the beginning, also the claustrophobic as fuck moments when they're exploring.
>>68154715
>SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN
Burst out laughing in the theatre.
>annoying kid
>unlikable main character, impossible to empathize with
>shit ending
I almost feel ashamed for falling for this meme movie. I've got to give it props for being an independent film, but they could have done so much more with the concept.
Maybe if they spent less time hyping and advertising the shit out of this, and instead spent it writing better characters it would have been great.
>>68155739
Babadook is definitely worth a watch. I'm sure /tv/ has shit all over spoilers and major plot themes for the film by now, but it's an interesting psychological horror that taps into a lot of uncomfortably real world scenarios way better than a lot of similar films.
>>68156378
Depends on your definition of horror. There's definitely some unnerving shit in the movie. Also, it's just a good movie regardless of what genre it falls under.
>>68157726
I think a lot of us (myself included) are mostly angry about the marketing, the whole Babadook was sold as a big new monster, instead, we got a slow paced psychological drama with a hint of horror and a few scary scenes.
Has there ever been a more fucking annoying actor than the kid in that movie?
I will say for it that the scene where she floats into the air and sort of hovers towards the kid is terrifying, but I found the husband plot and the grief metaphor ham fisted and rather cloying.
>>68155748
Hatred? You mean resentment? The ghostly reminder of his father, rather, her husband? The stress, anxiety and depression with manic bursts? People always put one word to the monster and it's only ever a fraction of the "threat" of the movie.
>>68157833
I think more people were angry a lot of people were vocal about liking it, and generally putting it on a high shelf. Then anon sees it and forms their own opinion, which is not as stellar as others. Then contrarian ratio kicks in.
It was interesting becauseit's one of a very small list of movies that have made me wonder if there is actually a unique female perspective
This is in direct contrast tothe feminist perspective that most movies/directors pretending to have the "female perspective" are coming from.
>>68157843
You just described my entire take on the movie. I guess people like it because it's not paranormal activity? That's some tallest midget shit right there.
>>68154715
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4j1_n4zTVM
all i remember from this movie is the x-com monster noise
>>68158681
it did a really great job with the main character. I really felt for her and reacted as she reacted
>>68158681
I actually agree with this. In a way, it's a bit like Room, except not as stupid.
>listening to that little shit screech and not being able to beat him
>>68156735
lol wut
>>68155641
top kek :^)
I dozed off in the dark watching this and woke up to the loud angry woman manically chasing her son through the house and in my sleepy state it was scary as fuck.
>>68156201
the witch was just ok. just ok.
>>68156650
What do you mean by Movie Maker Babadook?
>>68154715
>muh stock sound effects
The movie isn't 10/0, but if you didn't understand the sound effects then you're too stupid to enjoy it anyway.
>>68156184
yeah I can't believe people overlook this part
the best part was the creepy drawings. I probably wouldn't even remember this movie were it not for that.
This is the only horror movie to actually give me chills. When he calls, I got goosebumps.
Then the end blew donkey chode
>>68155873
>It Follows is better
it follows was garbage
>>68154715
While I overall liked the movie I genuinely laughed out loud when I heard a Jurassic Park raptor scream.
>>68161696
I'm sorry you didn't understand the movie.
>>68161761
What does it mean then
If the stock sounds effects bothered you... You are seriously truly autistic. What fucking movies do you watch where you notice that? I only noticed after the movie wanted me to. I guess it's normal losers to watch ancient black and white movies? I never knew you were that cultured. You're probably lying about noticing.
>>68154715
YOU make a better film then, faggot.
That's what I fucking thought.
Get the fuck out of my face before you embarrass yourself, nigger.
>>68154715
Its not just depression. It's grief.
The grief, the undealt-with reality of her horrible sadness metastasized and threatened to consumer her sanity.
>>68161761
What part didn't I understand? That the monster is made up of what things she fears or sees? Hence why the television show she falls asleep to mimics the creature in various ways?
>>68161850
You're not me. Don't act like you're me.
>>68161850
She watches those old movies at night. One of the scenes shows her watching that old dinosaur movie, where the Dino screech originally comes from. The movie literally shows her watching the Dino screech.
Then she incorporates it later into her delusion.
I can also safely assume you didn't realize she actually wrote both Babadook books, can't I?
>>68161761
Understand what, the demon making dinosaur noises is retarted
>>68161960
see my post here >>68161916
I knew that was the idea. I still found it fucking hilarious.
>>68161960
not him but wait what? obviously i'm missing a big part of the movie pls explain
>>68161986
She's imagining the whole thing, you retard. She heard the dinosaur noise in the movie.
>>68162059
Which part? The dino sounds or the book?
>>68161986
You know the babadook wasn't real right?
Not even in the movie?
Oh shit it's the monster they've been building up to the who-
>Looks like a Noel Fielding character
>1950's pterodactyl shriek
B R A V A
>>68156554
this
>>68154715
At first, I thought the stock dragon-scream was put in there for shits and giggles, kind of like the wilhelm scream in every other movie. The sound effects everywhere else in Babadook are top notch.
Later, I realized that it only made that noise when she finally looked at it without being afraid. After that point, she no longer saw the monster as scary, but as lame and cliche like some kinda kids Halloween display. The noises it made became cliche and non-frightening as well. Eventually it just became some old clothes hung up like a man again.
Since the monster was all basically in her head anyway, maybe the sounds she heard it make were things she heard from the TV while she had insomnia?
>>68162059
The monster is her grief/depression manifestation inside her own mind She's just a fucking normie though with no imagination so she steals things she sees and created the creature in her mind using them.
>>68154715
so why did it want to make the mom kill everyone? seems like it could've killed them alot earlier if it really wanted to.
Also the Babadook came randomly and at the endthey can't banish it so they keep it in their basement as a replacement for their dog.
so thenare they stuck with it until they die or move out of the house? if they do move will the babadook come along or will it send it's book out and start the process again? if it stays in the house, is that something that they're going to disclose to the buyers?
>>68162052
The movie isn't trying to make you think that the Babadook actually makes that noise. Like, the filmmakers weren't saying "whoa this noise is creepy as fuck. It'll scare everyone!"
It's a subtle hint as to her delusion. It's hilarious that so few people pick up on it.
Not that I think the Babadook is a great film, but these criticisms are whynobody should trust /tv/ about what is good or not
>>68162207
this guy gets it
do you all not understand metaphors or something?
>>68159059
that kid was the real monster. makes me reconsider having kids.
>>68162207
>maybe the sounds she heard it make were things she heard from the TV while she had insomnia?
Not maybe. That's a fact.
>>68162304
just adopt
you'll know if they've got autism ahead of time
>>68160856
I laughed when I heard the generic monster/dragon screech.
>>68160849
He looks AWFUL. It's movement is choppy and cheesy. I hate it
>>68162059
She's psychotic.
Everything happening is happening in her head.
The Babadook is a figment of her imagination.
Everything that happens while the Babadook is present is a dream/delusion.
People's dreams/delusions do not come from nowhere, they need a basis in what that person has actually seen or experienced.
So, because the mother watches horror/action films and wrote a horror picture book for her child, that's what her delusions manifest as: the creepy being from her book, accompanied by the terror and paranoia of the films--as well as some of the sounds and visuals.
True kino filmmaking. Hence why this board doesn't get it. The fa/tv/irgins around here can only handle horror movies where everything is laid out for them explicitly and the "evil" is an actual demonic force.
>>68162304
>>68162337
The smart thing is to not have kids.
>>68162414
>not doing your part to teach the next generation how to misinterpret movies
>>68162270
You're a fucking moron I understand the babadook in the movie and even specifically pointed out how she uses things she sees and hears to create the babadook. Just because I couldn't help but laughing doesn't mean I don't understand the scene. As other people pointed out it was purposely a bad sound effect.
Take a fucking english comprehension class before you try lecturing other people on anything on here.
>>68155739
I like 'It Follows' better, but this is not bad.
>>68161856
Kek
>>68162355
OK. Sorry you're dumb.
>>68162454
WOW nice hostility dude.
>>68162245
You're thking too literal, anon.
The Babadook isn't truly real. It's a manifestation of the mother's fears and insecurities when mixed with her depression and meds. It's a figment of her imagination a re-occurring bad dream that symbolizes, for her, her depression and anxiety.
So, if she locks the manifestation of those fears and that depression away, but it will never truly be gone, then that means...? I'm kinda spelling it out here. You getting it yet?
>>68154715
>watch this and expect to be scared
>end up crying like a bitch
I never asked for this
>>68162245
The mom hated the kid. He's weird as fuck and acts up all the time. She also misses her husband and blames his death on the kid. That's why she rejects the kid. If you notice he tries to hug her and she instantly pushes him off.It's about grief. When she was going ape shit it was on full display. But now it's in the basement where it's locked up. Same place where she kept her husband's stuff. However now she has some kind of control over her grief.
>>68162454
If you laughed at the sound, then you were having the reaction they were hoping for. So...
>>68162538
Sorry. My piss bottles are all full and mom has guests over so i'm stuck in here holding it in and I don't know how much longer I can hold out before I have to use the jean rag again
>>68162245
She learns to control it. But can't really make it go away. It's a metaphor for mental illness.
>>68162544
so then,what about the black shit she throws up ?
but what about when she throws the book away and it comes back how did that happen someone explain it to me i'm dumb
>>68155739
it's really good. It's not a /true/ horror movie though, which is why so many people do not like it. It's about as much a horror movie as Shutter Island, even though it has a monster and what seems like a haunting in a traditional horror movie setting. It's a good psychological-thriller type movie, or whatever you call them.
--Unless you are easily annoyed by 6-7 y/o kids and cannot empathize with them at all. Then you will not like it.
>>68162841
Literally everything "paranormal" in that movie was imagined by her.
>>68156378
It's horror. But it isn't structured like a modern horror film, so most people come out of it saying "well that wasn't horror."
>>68162844
Omg.
She wrote both books you literal retard
>unemployed children's book writer
>hands covered in artist's charcoal
Gee...I wonder where the book came from.
>>68154715
this movie was absolute cringeworthy shit. "BABA DOOK, DOOK, DOOK"
how anyone was remotely "frightened" by this embarrassing trash is beyond me
>>68162841
Again, try not to think of her as LITERALLY throwing up black sludge.
Think about the context of the scene and what dark sludge could represent given her emotional state at the time. Again, I don't want to lead you right to the answer, as there's a few ways it could be interpreted, and you should try to find your own that works for you.
>>68162937
You really didn't get it at all, did you?
Let e guess, you actually think the monster was real and some demonic force, right? And your only real exposure to "horror" films is shit like the Amityville Horror and Paranormal Activity, right?
>>68162663
I can understand the story being a metaphor for overcoming the grief of the mother's life but for the actual monster - within the context of the story- being just a metaphor...really? so then the mom and kid had shared pyschotic episodes? they both imagined the book?
>>68163039
You forgot The Ring and all the other horror flicks kids grew up on.
>>68154715
It was good.
Anyone who appreciate classic horror techniques will love it. Though the last 10 minutes let it down a bit it was very good up to that point.
>>68163039
'no'
It wasn't executed well. Don't give a fuck what it was "about".
>>68155657
Half of the capeshitposters were doing it just to make people mad before it got taken out of control by /v/
Babadook is mediocre though, it was only considered good when it came out because horror was in such a rut at the time.
>>68163055
She hates the kid. Like she wants to murder him. I don't know if you've ever been around six year olds but they are annoying as fuck. It's not uncommon for mothers to feel this way.
Also she's a children's book author. The kid is terrified of monsters so she writes this horrible story about this seemingly friendly monster that wants to kill you.
>>68163055
The book itself is real. The "Babadook" the child is afraid of is the mom when she's psychotic. That's what he calls her episodes.
The Babadook we actually "see" is just the mom's imagination. Her manifestation of grief/depression/self-hatred.
>>68154715
Very poorly directed, but a great script up until the finale. Going in the other direction with it being real I think would have been a more impactful ending. Up until the final confrontation (the battle between mother and son sequence was fantastic) it had a a lot of potential. I think going with an ambiguous/metaphorical ending kind of deflated it. Maybe it's just because it's kind of a cliche now.
I would overlook the poor direction (the acting, photography and especially production design) but the budget wasn't THAT low, and even though there was story motivation for the Hot Topic tier book and monster design, there wasn't for the rest of the film. Having it look more realistic would have made it more effective maybe.
Overall a solid 5/10. Much potential for the future.
>>68155944
Nothing released recently. It follows is going to be remembered as the GOAT horror of this decade unless something truly great comes along.
>>68155944
It Follows was a legit 1/10.
I see better "bad" horror VOD releases weekly.
Someone else mentioned Kill List. Thought it unravelled at the end but up until then and especially from a directorial stand point it was very, very good.
>>68156242
The first two thirds of The Descent are great. Well directed. Ironically it kind of deflates when the monsters take center stage.
>>68158681
>the female perspective
>Going fucking batshit, killing your dog and almost killing your son had he not gone home alone on your ass
I wish I was gay
>>68154715
this movie was dogshit, though i did go in with moderately high expectations so maybe it was my own fault
the kid was annoying as fuck. i realize that was kind of the point and that we weren't really supposed to like the kid, but they went overboard, i wanted to turn the movie off
the spooky scenes were slow. you'd get a door randomly closing and then five straight minutes of a close up of the mom's face being scared shitless. i'd almost say i preferred the daytime scenes to the night scenes even though that's when most of the paranormal shit happened
there were a few good parts like when the mom saw the babadook hanging on the wall but did a double take and it was just a coat, or some of the stuff with the book, but these parts were few and far between enough not to make up for the rest.
i thought the ending was alright though, having the babadook just live in their basement at the end of it all was kind of cool
2/5, disappointed in you for telling me it would be good, /tv/
>>68155944
I don't know why people like It follows. The scariest thing about the movie is that it takes place Detroit.
I will say that the rules of the monster are retarded but do create some great tension.
>tfw you realize The Babadook is basically The Shining from a woman's perspective w/o the Indian ghosts.
>>68163300
I couldn't help but feel like that the asian chick got the shit end of the stick in that movie. Like I don't think it was really justified that her friend purposely got her killed and it seemed like the movie wanted us to like that she did it.
>>68163413
It follows is a great movie but it's not a "scary" horror movie by any means.
>>68163480
I don't know maybe it wasn't for me.
Like I get the concepts about purity and stuff but the pool scene and the ending just seemed so stupid.
>>68163252
The first half hour of It Follows was super spooky though. I was with my girlfriend and had to cover my eyes and ears for some parts!
>>68162971
No, that's retarded. It's a metaphor but it's also a story, there were definitely supposed to be paranormal elements
>>68163572
>there were definitely supposed to be paranormal elements
Name one.
>>68163055
the movie is shown entirely the mom's perspective. As in how she sees the world. Kind of like how Taxi Driver is entirely shown from Travis Bickle's perspective.
With all the sleep deprivation and malnourishment, she was delusional enough at the end to actually believe that all that shit that was happening was real . Apparently she goes through something like this every year on her son's birthday, but this year he was extra annoying so it pushed her over the edge.
Finally she just has a complete psychotic episode, which had budded from this idea planted in her mind that the Babadook is going to make her snap (and kill her son) and that there is nothing she can do about it. But then she remembers that she doesn't believe in that ghost shit and that she *LOVES* her little boy and would never do anything to hurt him.
Webm with sound: >>>/wsg/1006003
>>68163236
Depends how fast and loose you want to get with the definition, but here's some I think are better than It Follows (which I absolutely hated, but pre-suppose I think it's passable for the sake of argument)
Dream Home.
I Saw The Devil.
Beyond The Black Rainbow.
Frozen.
Tucker And Dale.
Insidious.
Piranha.
The Innkeepers.
Red State.
Grave Encounters 1 & 2.
Kill List.
Detention.
Sinister.
The Collection.
Lords Of Salem.
Berberian Sound Studio.
Maniac Remake.
The Conjuring.
Escape From Tomorrow.
The Demon's Rook.
Witching And Bitching.
Housebound.
Tusk.
Krampus.
The Boy.
With It Follows I'm happy to agree that I simply "didn't get it".
I disliked it on a fundamental conceptual level. It reminded me of a Youtube Top Ten Creepiest video or an /x/ slenderman copypasta. The central conceit didn't even work for me as an art school wank. Cherry Falls played with that trope better even if it was a bad film.
Reminded me of Black Hole a lot. Wish Fichner would finally make it.
>>68163630
The story was the metaphor rather than there being a metaphor within the story. The monster represents depression/dread/etc., but that doesn't mean it didn't exist within the world. That's how metaphors work...
>>68154715
The sad state of affairs in the horror genre when this piece of fucking garbage was praised.
>>68163413
I absolutely hated it. I think it's a concept that either clicks and works for you or doesn't.
I've seen very few films where I simply couldn't engage with the film at all, It Follows curiously had that effect on me just like the Nightmare On Elm Street remake. I found it distractingly hard to suspend my disbelief.
this thread make me realize i'm dumb and don't get movies at all :/
>>68163572
That's why I think a definite non metaphorical/ambiguous ending would have had more of an impact.
Would probably have played poorly with a lot of the audience I guess.
>>68162486
It was shitty, get over it.
>>68163860
made* fuck pls no bullydook
>>68163860
You type with emojis. Of course you can't understand movies if you rely on using images to convey your meaning.
It's like reading at a picture book level then attempting to understand someone even as basic as Hemingway.
>>68163860
You just haven't been introduced to this type of reasoning when it comes to movie. It's understandable. Everybody here went with the same thing at some point and anybody that claims different is a liar. Just keep watching shit and trying to think about why things happen in movies.
The golden rule to remember is that in most major motion pictures every single thing in every single frame is there for a damn good reason.
>>68163923
That's the opposite of constructive or contributory. People are alowed to use shorthand or slang to convey meaning on an image board, lol.
>>68163660
>>68163055
also meant to say that the kid believed that the monster was real because he was an autistic 7 year old. If a mother shows fear of something, you can bet her kid will be afraid of it too - especially if he's anything like that kid. He believed in the Babadook before the mom, actually.
If she asks in the future "you remember how I coughed up black sludge after I tried to strangle you that one time on your birthday?" he's probably not going to remember the sludge part
A Bad Book
>>68163923
>complaining about using images on an image board
lmao you're basic as Hemingway dude
>>68163860
http://kat.ph.kickasshd.gq/the-red-spectacles-1987-480p-jpn-subs-dvd-t9528782.html#technical
This is a good crash course in understanding film.
The color metaphor made clear at the end should be simple enough if you're familiar with common expressions.
Once you figure the lens the watch the entire film through, just go back scene by scene and you should be able to grasp why the main character acts as he does.
>>68164172
*the lens to watch the entire film through.
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/722/01/
>>68164002
>Damn good reason
Because it makes the movie look more expensive if there is more shit in the frame.
t. Michael "More Shit" Bay
>>68155748
No, the monster is an anthropomorphism of the BBC his mom was takin after the dad died.
Thats why in the car he was screamin, GET OUT. GET OUT.
Plus boner-poppin jumpscare shit.
>>68163860
it doesn't help that the movie is marketed as and presented as a traditional horror movie. You expect the paranormal shit to be fucking real when you watch horror.
>>68162544
I interpreted the ending as her getting treatment for her condition.
>>68164317
why did she see the bowl slide across the floor? She wasn't delusional anymore (or was she?)
It's remarkable how popular this movie is given how absolutely cheap and godawful it is. It's incredibly poorly made in every regard.
And sure enough, it's about as scary as a very wet sock.
>>68163660
so she planted the idea in her own head, if she wrote the book herself?
Even if we can't agree if the movie as a whole worked can we all agree that the second book sequence was fucking fantastic?
>>68164415
wet socks are infinitely more uncomfortable and unsettling than Babadookie
>>68163888
It's not the best, no, but you clearly don't even understand it, so I'm going to ignore your opinion.
>>68162402
>People's dreams/delusions do not come from nowhere, they need a basis in what that person has actually seen or experienced
This has no basis in reality.
>>68164476
Only by proxy, since she doesn't remember writing the book.
The first time she remembers hearing of the babadook is when she reads the book with her son, and he is the first to say that it is some kind of actual ghost that's after them
>>68164408
The memory of what she has been through.
>wet socks
>not owning waterproof boots
y'all niggers don't even hikeI don't eitherwater condenses on the walls and sometimes it gets bad enough that the floor has a shallow puddle over itI wish the basement drain worked better
best part of the movie was when the mom started masturbating and the kid bursts in and kills the mood. That kid really made the whole movie. I'd love to know what the casting call ad for that role was like?
>>68164655
atlantian gtfo
>>68163660
>>>/wsg/1006003
I dont even remember that scene but that shit is creepy af
might have to rewatch this, I thought it was shit first time
>>68164476
Not him but think about it like this. It's kind of like hypnotism where really it's all a trick of the mind. If you believe hypnotism works then you go along with it and don't feel/believe that you're in control even though ultimately you're absolutely in control. You've just become convinced that you're not.
Part of her really did want to kill her son but she repressed that part. In one of her episodes she creates the book and then represses the knowledge that she created it. She throws the book out only to have another episode later where she takes the book from the trash. When she sees the book back she's basically trapped in a position where she's effectively tricked herself into believing something that's pure bullshit.
>>68164812
that's really convoluted
>>68164812
What about the phone calls?
>>68164867
Unreliable narrator stories often are convoluted.
>>68164880
Unreliable narrator man.
The kid became noticeably less annoying after being taken to the doctor. Is it possible that Sam being a little shit was exaggerated in her mind?
>>68164812
Or: the monster was real in the movie, and the story as a whole is a metaphor for depression/grief and ultimately that ignoring those things is not the way to deal with them.
>>68164990
Even that they can fucking kill you if you ignore them.
>>68165019
Ignoring your feelings and keeping everything bottled up isn't healthy.
>>68154715
The movie could have been great but was ok.was also wierdly turned on my the womans dead husband
>>68155739
>>68155873
Why people like it follows ?
I've watched it and it's not really scary or good in my opinion.
I like Thailand's horror better, re-watched Alone with friends the other day, and it's still pretty good.
>>68165059
Yes it is, who told you it isn't? dumblr?
>>68165110
>was also wierdly turned on my the womans dead husband
>watched babadook at a small halloween party
>all the women were doing the usual squeee routine over him
>sat in the corner and wondered if any psychotic women had dreams about me
>>68163756
>Grave Encounters 2
epic
hella f*cking epic
the conjuring and krampus are underrated though
>>68164990
the monster was real
Yes a frail old sleep deprived woman beat a fucking shadow demon with the power of love for her child and has it chained in her basement and it's just a metaphor for grief and depression and everything she experiences is real even the stuff on the television because everybody knows book demons that double as metaphors also control what you see on television.
>>68164974
I could see that being a thing. Once people start viewing somebody as being a cunt they'll start projecting their feelings onto said person exacerbating the view of them.
>>68165247
It wasn't love for her child, it was the acceptance that the monster was real and that in that acceptance she had power over it. You're looking too far into it and are coming up with all kinds of convoluted connections that aren't there. It's really pretty simple.
>>68157833
Yeah i agree. desu i did like the movie but it is marketed wrong, same with a lot of other films (smoking aces, crimson peak)
>>68157843
I think that was the point tho, you are supposed to find him annoying to identify with the mother. As hard as it was to watch because hes so annoying i would actually says hes a pretty good actor by that standard.
>>68155739
>people recommend me a movie
>please do the same
Are you stupid?
How many times do you need a recommendation until you finally watch it?
I can't understand how can anyone like It Follows.
The film started off quite promising, but it quickly started losing direction and eventually it drops the ball hard and never picks itself up again. One of the most frustrating films I've ever seen.
>>68164880
She was delusional and hallucinating.
it's a real mental disorder:
http://www.webmd.com/schizophrenia/guide/mental-health-brief-psychotic-disorder
>>68165675
It's the quintessential hipster movie
>starring literally who's
>set in contemporary times
>pastel coloring
>dude young adults are whores!
>damaged girl
>pretends it's deep by being obtuse, but all it's themes revolve around sex
It's ok
>>68165342
Explain to me in a way that's not a metaphor for grief and depression how accepting something is real gives you power over it Especially over something like a shape shifting teleporting body snatching monster that can manipulate reality as it wants.
You want to argue the "what's more likely" route? Lets go to the natural end here. What's more likely? That a depressed and grief stricken woman that's sleep deprived had a psychotic break or that there's a supernatural creature that loses it's ability to do anything once you accept that it exists.
Yes it's a bit convoluted but it's a movie and movies are convoluted all the time and aren't always supposed to be taken literally at face value especially when the main protagonist is struggling with things like the idea that they might be losing their mind.
Look at The Sixth Sense. Everything that's required to line up for the movie to work is convoluted as fuck.
>>68165740
>sex can't be deep
get out of here old man. That's like saying the Blue Movie wasn't a great film.
>>68162172
>Noel Fielding character
Totally agreed, but it didn't stop me from enjoying the movie.
>>68163413
>I don't know why people like It follows. The scariest thing about the movie is that it takes place Detroit.
TOP FUCKING KEK
>>68165490
exactly. And the audience needs to identify with the mother at the beginning or she will seem like a straight up villain by the end. Also agreed the kid was a good actor for an actual 7 year old; he was not annoying at all during the second half of the movie. Just fearful.
>>68163480
Yeah i felt bad for the Asian chick :(
The sequel is even more stupid tho.asian chick is not dead is alive at beginning of second film
>>68165675
if you think it "dropped the ball" you didn't really get what it was doing in the first place. you just enjoyed it because of standard horror-ish scenes.
>>68163756
Berbarian sound studio was fucking boring
>inb4 you just dont get it
i do understand the story and really really wanted to like it after seeing it get flack but even as someone who like slow movie you have to think about this one was dull.
>>68165740
>pretends it's deep by being obtuse
yeah the way she is saved by the guy who chastely loved her since childhood and generally acted in a self-sacrificing manner was really difficult to understand. especially in a story about casual sex being bad. I mean, come on! you could at least have had them kill the monster by throwing True Loves Waits pamphlets at it, guys!
>>68165749
I think it's a metaphorical story.
You think it's a story where a woman experiences hallucinations and psychosis, and that what occurs within that psychosis is a metaphor but the rest of the movie is based in realism. Also, this doesn't account for the ending, where the woman would have to be feeding the monster (which is intimidated by her and no longer has power) after she had recovered from her psychotic episodes.
"Which is more likely?" You tell me.also the first option would be much better writing
>>68164974
Well no, i mean people go to doctors to get better so maybe that helped like...
>>68165950
Ok, could you clarify the film for me then?
>>68163756
A lot of parts in It follows were really well crafted.
feel how the spooky atmosphere build up in this little scene: >>>/wsg/1022590
https://i.4cdn.org/wsg/1459900261957.webm
>>68166079
>Also, this doesn't account for the ending, where the woman would have to be feeding the monster (which is intimidated by her and no longer has power) after she had recovered from her psychotic episodes.
Nigger her feeding the creature is basically her going into a corner to cry that her life is shit and she experiences a catharsis by allowing herself to feel that way.
>>68166110
It's implied that he is only on sedatives. Although he may not be able to act up when he feels sick to his stomach constantly.
>>68165230
I think it was more to do with how he looked, was filmed in the film as opposed to him being psycho. imo.i would be sad too to lose that sexy man and be left with a screaming child so i get why the woman was upset. also no homo.
>>68154715
No, it was dumb as hell.
>Oh, I'm just gonna keep reading this book to my son even though he's clearly traumatized by the experience and I won't do anything to help him get through it
I swear, its like all horror movies these days target people far younger than their rating would suggest.
Watched Creep, Invitation, and We're Still Here the past few nights and all are better than Babadook to varying degrees
>>68165900
Yeah and i also was somene who was really tempted to turn the film off because he was so annoying but glad i stuck with it. watching him was really stressful so again hes a pretty good actor in that regard.
>>68166251
>>>Oh, I'm just gonna keep reading this book to my son even though he's clearly traumatized by the experience and I won't do anything to help him get through it
I saw it as her looking ahead to make sure the book is actually suitable for her son.
It's shown immediately after that she is reading a different book to him.
>>68166196
I was saying I didn't agree with his interpretation ya dip
>>68166325
ok.
>>68166203
I would imagine sedatives would make him less hyper so again its explains why hes less annoying. Also yes with the stomach thing.
>>68166366
I'm no medical expert, but I assumed him only taking the pills before bed wouldn't exactly change his daytime behavior.
>>68166404
Some sedatives have some crazy side effects. They can change a persons personality.
>>68166125
see >>68166046
it's not complicated. the issue is that you were expecting a plot mechanics ending ala Nightmare on Elm Street where they have to kill the monster using a series of steps and hitting it with kryptonite.
Here is a 10 minute version of the Babadook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gMjJNGg9Z8&nohtml5=False
>>68166501
I saw this on reddit too.
Great post. I made sure to upvote the guy.
>>68166490
>implying
I never said any of that. I thought the movie turned to shit long before the ending.
>>68166501
Well that was genuinely creepy as shit and takes a big ol shit all over the babadook.
>>68165714
>brief-psychotic-disorder
it all makes sense now.
>>68166457
>Some sedatives have some crazy side effects. They can change a persons personality.
Anti-psychotics do
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-16/anti-psychotics-over-prescribed-australian-children-experts-say/5892822
Antipsychotics will sedate you (in a bad way), change your personality, and make you sluggish. It's why most schizophrenics don't like taking their medicine.
Most regular sedatives just make you sluggish.
>>68166501
They're similar in some places(annoying kids), but are totally different.
>>68160372
This shit is in the movie on the tv during one of the scenes where she has insomnia.
>>68156378
sounds like the babadook, then. It just doesn't have quite as many fanboys or rave reviews, so there are less contrarians.
William Friedkin (director of the Exorcist) said it was the scariest movie he'd ever seen and that fucked it all up
>>68157101
this
>>68157726
this
>>68155944
I took a shit yesterday which I think compares pretty well to It Follows, don't know about better but it was at least on the same level.
>>68166970
>>68154715
She also had a tooth infection...an infection that's really close to the brain.
Think about that for a bit.
I thought the T-Rex was pretty scary.
>>68155944
What makes people say It Follows is so good? Felt to me like a John Greene movie with some gay cunt monster and sex scenes.
Please do keep in mind that I understand cinema is an entirely subjective art form and by no means is my opinion fact nor should you let it influence your opinion of it, unless of course you find merit in what I've said.
>>68156184
I thought that kid was a straight baller desu
>>68159059
Well, that's part of the point, your supposed to hate the kid for ruining her life on almost a daily basis.
She can't even use a dildo in peace!
>>68159780
The movie was successful in evoking emotion out of the audience.
Yeah I really wanted the mom to drown that kid, butters style.
Babadook was trash but so are most 'scary' movies
>Everyone talks in whispers
>camera slowly zooms in
>LOUD NOISE!!
Wow sure startled me. Wasn't expecting it at all because of how original that trick was.
>>68168646
>>Everyone talks in whispers
>>camera slowly zooms in
>>LOUD NOISE!!
i fucking HATE THAT! same with jump scares, they are not scary just fucking annoying
>>68161856
Not him, but if you watch a lot of movies and then get into making movies yourself, much like what the sleepycast said, guys who get paid thousands of dollars are lazy bastards for using the same stock royalty free sound effects that you can get on a program that's been around forever.
Granted this was a low budget movie, but as audiophiles, you begin to appreciate when movies and games create their own original sound effects and really it's not super hard to do, it just takes effort.
do people genuinely like this movie or is just a meme. i can't tell anymore.
>>68154715
Nobody get's that it's the rotten tooth.
>>68156378
I haven't seen it, but I bet it's definitely horror. You sound like a goofball who hasn't delved into the horror genre, so you're on a single track mindset of what fits the genre. I don't blame you, film is demonstrably the worst medium for horror sadly.
>>68163106
you're an idiot
>>68166501
If you guys wanna see somethning really horrifying watch this, i will be surprised if any of you make it to the end
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCjvLe-xRTs&nohtml5=False
>>68167177
You know, The Excorcist is an excellent comedy. I was laughing everytime that little girl was on screen. With that said I don't hold it against Friedkin that he'd be easily scared by shitty films. He's a great comedy writer, just not a huge horror buff.
>>68163756
>frozen
am I being rused?
Best horror movie of the decade is Resolution, hands down.
>>68154715
Probably the greatest horror film since sinister.
