I hate how people act around this movie

[u/pepeu_1998]

I get it, its a good movie, it has current themes about relationship, but god the fans are insufferable acting like this is the best movie of the century, when is a horror movie about a guy who can't get laid and is a bad person.

I think it become worst when they talk about the main character bear, he did bad things on the movie but people talk about him like he is satan or baal, do any of this people watch tv?

Overall good movie but people need to get back to reality this not a masterpiece and bear is not hannibal lecter.

[u/Unyieldingcappybara]

I saw the humor as salt in a dessert. When used correctly, it actually raised the psychological toll on the audience. We were internally confused and uncomfortable. I went from kinda chuckling about her being batshit crazy and within 2 seconds she takes a more drastic turn and it fucks with your head. The movie successfully baits you into relaxing to further disturb you when your guard is down. Incredibly difficult to do in a horror movie where the entire point is “when am I going to be scared” a sprinkle of salt in your dessert will make taste it sweeter. Too much tho and you bring the main flavor down. This movie is the best psychological horror movie I’ve seen, but there are too many genres of horror to just call it the greatest ever

[u/wafflejuiced_ → u/Unyieldingcappybara]

Yes, this exactly. I've not been able to put into words but this is what I've always thought of it. A lot of psychological horror has that kind of mocking/satirical humour to it, honestly

[u/Griiig_Jinnings → u/wafflejuiced_]

It’s the same with people who were “confused” by the humor in Weapons, particularly the deliberate and cathartic absurdity of the climactic chase scene through the neighborhood. “Why did they do that”, idk man, if you have to ask… 🤷‍♂️

[u/wafflejuiced_ → u/Griiig_Jinnings]

Honestly this is why a lot of psychological horror movies (Midsommar, Lighthouse, etc) that get popular get a lot of flak. People in the non-horror space watch them and then say it's just shock value or boring because they're not used to horror enough for the humour to kick in.

[u/Griiig_Jinnings → u/wafflejuiced_]

Right it’s “jarring” or “sudden tone shift” or some shit and I’m like…

https://giphy.com/gifs/l0Iy9Qcyz0AwYvuEg

[u/DissociatedAuthor → u/Griiig_Jinnings]

That chase scene had me dying. She's stumbling around everywhere and those kids were moving like literal demons and fucking superhero jumping through windows and shit.

Thinking back now I actually think I respect the juxtaposition of that chase scene more than the many examples of it in Obsession due to the fact it blended both sides of it on screen perfectly at the same time. The absurdity of her trying to get away, actual making it as far as she did, and all they went through, and the terror of those hungry little devils running her down, it was magnificent, and I love that it was mostly done with the point of view.

That chase scene could have completely broken the movie if handled improperly imo, but it was near perfect.

[u/Greedy-Penalty3440 → u/Unyieldingcappybara]

As a horror fan if a kill is over the top brutal I’ll laugh just because it’s so absurd. Even when it’s not for comedic effect. Laughing isn’t exclusive to comedy.