This is a judgement free zone, Skinamarink is a perfectly acceptable answer

Edit: we're getting pretty decent participation so I'll selfishly ask, what's your scariest demon slash possession slash exorcism movie? I seen them most!

  • MF_COOM [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    I think Skinamarink might be the answer. If not that, then the Texas Chainsaw Massacre

    • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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      1 year ago

      For me I think Skinamarink was the most dreadful film, in the most literal sense.

      There are some scary moments and one in particular, but the overall feeling is overwhelming dread and exhaustion.

      • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        The kind of vibe you're describing is similar to how I think the Ari Aster horror movies work, you get so emotionally drained and tired from the constant misery and stress the characters are dealing with and that, I think, makes it harder to put up walls and make light of the scary parts.

        Skinsmarink seems like it'd do that really well but I read the description and while I might have watched it five years ago ever since I became a parent I just can't handle kids being subjected to that level of trauma. I cried during Onward lol

        • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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          1 year ago

          Yeah I definitely would not recommend if you struggle with children being subjected to trauma, its very rough.

      • MF_COOM [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Yeah I think that's right. I do think there's a kind of scary that is not related to acute "scary moments" though. Like it's possible that the ever deepening :doomjak: feeling is a more perverse type of scary than just a series of scary moments. In fact I think that deep, unsettling feeling that sinks in when the full sense of severity becomes clear is much scarier than a bunch of classic scary moments.

        It's kind of the same with Texas Chainsaw Massacre honestly, like that movie doesn't have a ton of "scary moments" either, it's much more about the summation of watching the protagonists desperately exist in this demented environment.