Oh absolutely! If I *know* something is bad, I can put myself in the mindset of "this is bad, I'm going to enjoy how bad it is" where if I don't have that warning, I'm just going to be annoyed that it's so bad!
That... is a beach ball with chicken feet. WTF, lol.
It seems like evangelical christians are about the only ones who refuse to get the message that hey, it doesn't matter if you have proof or that other people believe what you do... what matters is your own faith/belief/experience, and trying to force it on other people does not add value. Of course they SAY the lack of proof is because it is all a matter of faith, but the hardcore evangelical types seem obsessed with finding a way to prove it to everyone else. Taking advantage of vulnerable people experiencing terrible things (whether truly demonic or mundane) as a way to evangelize and try to manufacture that proof is awful and extremely unethical.
I mean, most horror trades on some number of tropes, and The Black Phone does, too. It's still about escaping a serial killer, it's still about a kidnapped child, it utilizes multiple helpful/warning ghosts, it has a supernatural twist to a mundane object with the phone itself... but it was refreshing in how well it put those ideas forward in a way that felt very different from anything else I've seen lately. I haven't seen The Orphanage in a long while, but I remember really liking it. It's creepy and very atmospheric. It's a Spanish horror film, and I don't know if there was ever a dubbed version or what quality the dub would be. I like that Sinister doesn't really offer much of a "way out." If your family gets picked, sucks to be you, but you're fucked! I don't always love that sort of inescapable doom, but it works well in those films.
I watched The Exorcism of Emily Rose tonight - I KNOW I saw it before, but barely remembered it. It was good! I feel like the legal proceeding segments were cut very well with the story of what happened to her.
And lol, yes! I remember the proposed Sinister and Insidious crossover! Not sure entirely how I feel about the implication that they're happening in the same universe, ha. I found that tidbit when I was looking up both franchises, because for the longest time I would get them mixed up! I knew one was the astral projection one and one was the demon with the children killing their families on film, but I'd forget which was which, lol. It felt almost vindicating that there was that possible crossover when I was struggling to keep them straight.
I'd be happy to see the crossover happen, just because I'm curious HOW they want to do it.
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That... is a beach ball with chicken feet. WTF, lol.
It seems like evangelical christians are about the only ones who refuse to get the message that hey, it doesn't matter if you have proof or that other people believe what you do... what matters is your own faith/belief/experience, and trying to force it on other people does not add value. Of course they SAY the lack of proof is because it is all a matter of faith, but the hardcore evangelical types seem obsessed with finding a way to prove it to everyone else. Taking advantage of vulnerable people experiencing terrible things (whether truly demonic or mundane) as a way to evangelize and try to manufacture that proof is awful and extremely unethical.
I mean, most horror trades on some number of tropes, and The Black Phone does, too. It's still about escaping a serial killer, it's still about a kidnapped child, it utilizes multiple helpful/warning ghosts, it has a supernatural twist to a mundane object with the phone itself... but it was refreshing in how well it put those ideas forward in a way that felt very different from anything else I've seen lately.
I haven't seen The Orphanage in a long while, but I remember really liking it. It's creepy and very atmospheric. It's a Spanish horror film, and I don't know if there was ever a dubbed version or what quality the dub would be.
I like that Sinister doesn't really offer much of a "way out." If your family gets picked, sucks to be you, but you're fucked! I don't always love that sort of inescapable doom, but it works well in those films.
I watched The Exorcism of Emily Rose tonight - I KNOW I saw it before, but barely remembered it. It was good! I feel like the legal proceeding segments were cut very well with the story of what happened to her.
And lol, yes! I remember the proposed Sinister and Insidious crossover! Not sure entirely how I feel about the implication that they're happening in the same universe, ha. I found that tidbit when I was looking up both franchises, because for the longest time I would get them mixed up! I knew one was the astral projection one and one was the demon with the children killing their families on film, but I'd forget which was which, lol. It felt almost vindicating that there was that possible crossover when I was struggling to keep them straight.
I'd be happy to see the crossover happen, just because I'm curious HOW they want to do it.