It had really good atmosphere. It really made you pay attention to every person on screen.
That said it was the beginning of the end for horror where regular horror gets shit on even harder for no reason and le "arthourse" horror started getting shat out the filfthy butthole of cash-in hollywood.
Plebbit hyped it up.
It wasn't too good, but had its moments.
Yeah, atmosphere was good.
How do you beat it though?
Frick a Pattaya hooker.
this movie was a symbolic representation of AIDs
If it was, it would have more gays.
extremely blackpilled, the ugly childhood friend gets awkward pity sex while she goes to down on the chad after like a day.
Yeah, that bit pissed me off.
They made a real effort to make it as formally awkward and unpleasurable as possible. It's what the kid deserves for being a white knight though.
I was about to mention the Babadook but it apparently came out the same year.
I fricking knew exactly what the movie was going to throw at me like 10 minutes in, painful to watch that piece of shit.
Pretty much this. Just frick and travel.
Calculate its average walking speed and keep track, so you know when to hop on a bus a hitch a ride to the next town.
I know it's already been said, but sex with a prostitute. It's that easy. It follows through sex, so having sex with someone who has lots of sex gets you plenty of time. Just have sex with a different hooker every few months, and in all likelihood, you're good.
Plebbit hyped it up.
It wasn't too good, but had its moments.
Yeah, atmosphere was good.
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Frick a Pattaya hooker.
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If it was, it would have more gays.
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Yeah, that bit pissed me off.
They made a real effort to make it as formally awkward and unpleasurable as possible. It's what the kid deserves for being a white knight though.
sex with hooker, travel across the globe
thats basically what they did at the end and it didn't work
I don't think it's ever confirmed that prostitutes were used. It's certainly implied, but we don't know for sure. Also, even if they were used, could be a case of getting unlucky. Most prostitutes have plenty of clients, so they can really spread the curse far down the line, depending on how far the monster is away. If prostitutes were used, and it came back so quickly, then I guess the prostitute never got the chance to frick any other clients, just bad luck. More often than not it should work. To make double sure, maybe fly half round the world, frick a prostitute there, then return home. The creature would spend months tracking down whoever ends up with the curse, and again, you're good to go.
This solution was greentexted a few months ago. >Build platform on top of tall pole. >Never get off platform >Survive by having friends toss you up food, drinks, etc.
twitter tier movie but intelligent use of budget to depict- wait it costed 1.3milly >$1.3x10^6 dollars >movie about invisible bad guy that does nothing for 80% of the film >kooky little indie movie how UN-kitsch >moustache craft beer drinker movie of the year
it's about sexual abuse
the main character is humped and dumped by a guy she thought was in love with her
then later she's used as a quick frick by a guy who don't take her seriously
and then in the end she fricks a guy who's taking advantage of her situation
even the most brain dead loser can tell that's what they were going for with the film
I liked it. A lot.
Very bleak. It did a bunch with very little.
Some great acting from young talent, and some real feels in there. I liked that it trusted the audience to put things together for themselves and didn’t spell it out at every turn. The weirdo walking in the background. The guy looking over his shoulder at the theatre. The way the monster embodied the girl’s Dad at the end as horrific and cruel insult (indicating maybe it finds glee in ruining lives and revels in its victims misery. Maybe further, maybe feeding on suffering or that it just enjoys the torture).
I really loved that scene where they as a group decide to take off and driving away it was just standing on her house.
Yeesh.
And that score…holy shit man.
Yeah, I like that movie.
It started getting stupid for me at the beach scene when they learned it can be struck and shot, which would stop it for a little while. Up until that point, it was completely unapproachable
If I remember correctly, this and the guest came out around the same time and it felt like the start of a trend of simple, fun, decent nostalgia inspired horror/thriller movies, but that didn't happen.
Also, there’s a lot of subtext. Quiet conversations happening in the background regarding life, sex, and death. The loss of innocence. Maybe reality itself, the past, time, etc being a monster.
I don’t know. I’d have to watch it again, but there’s a lot to chew on in that one. Good stuff.
I liked it a lot when I saw it in theaters. Every subsequent viewing I've begun to wonder what I liked about it at all. I can't enjoy a horror movie with people making unmotivated decisions anymore.
It's amazing to me that someone would call Smile better than It Follows. Smile is It Follows with all the fun taken out, just 2 hours of oppressing misery and cliche "serious" themes.
Good concept that was done better with Marble Hornets. Decent cinematography and atmosphere, though. Way too overhyped to be listed in anyone's top 3/5/10/whatever.
>Slasher but the disposable prostitute character is now the protagonist instead of being killed off
Dropped
Those characters only exist to provide schadenfreude kino with their deaths
If I recall, in the movie we don't really see the creature do any sort of creative problem solving or Is anything like that. We know it is able to bypass basic obstacles like stairs and water, but that is about it.
what annoyed me is that the guy at the start actually had a fake identity and fostered a full on relationship with the girl to pass it on instead of just fricking any prostitute that could be bought
I don't really believe theres any considerable difference in the intellect of any random hooker b***h and the teen girl hes fricking, if the younger girl is able to understand what hes saying and believes him (after he betrayed her noless) then i think a hooker could too
Probably
Anyone who is up for that is a gay
The prostitute is just a prop so they can have a gay orgy and look at each other's wieners while saying no homo
it was well shot
despite being cheap, it looked a lot better than some other cheap shit like color from outer space
but as a story and a movie experience? it's not really good
I watched it in theaters having never heard of it at 10 in the morning when I was working rotating shift work and transitioning from mids to days. I thought it fricking rocked
Funny I just watched it for the first time yesterday. Really didn't get the hype tbh. I guess it was something new but aside from the concept nothing stood out
not super scary, but it was still a good concept. very economical film making, the framing and pacing really does all the work. you literally become scared of a person walking on camera
Liked it a lot even though it's not perfect. Some parts, like the school scene, are just amazing fun to me, the stuff I watch movies for.
I would love a sequel, maybe with multiple character stories. But I have no doubt that it'd end up a disappointment if it happened.
it's great but it could have probably been about 10-15 minutes shorter. the slow pacing works well up to a point, but there is literally a scene where the camera rotates 360 degress twice while nothing happens.
It had really good atmosphere. It really made you pay attention to every person on screen.
That said it was the beginning of the end for horror where regular horror gets shit on even harder for no reason and le "arthourse" horror started getting shat out the filfthy butthole of cash-in hollywood.
Plebbit hyped it up.
It wasn't too good, but had its moments.
Yeah, atmosphere was good.
Frick a Pattaya hooker.
If it was, it would have more gays.
Yeah, that bit pissed me off.
They made a real effort to make it as formally awkward and unpleasurable as possible. It's what the kid deserves for being a white knight though.
I was about to mention the Babadook but it apparently came out the same year.
I fricking knew exactly what the movie was going to throw at me like 10 minutes in, painful to watch that piece of shit.
Some of it is corny but I like it for the suburbs atmosphere and the music is nice. I can't resist watching it if I see its on
Scarred me for life. 0/10.
How do you beat it though?
Pit trap.
sex with hooker, travel across the globe
Pretty much this. Just frick and travel.
Calculate its average walking speed and keep track, so you know when to hop on a bus a hitch a ride to the next town.
You cant.
Thats part of why its horrifying.
You don’t stop a curse, you just get out of its way.
Build your house on a giant spinny base so you're constantly spinning in circles and it will never get to you.
Throw a blanket over it or paint and show the cops. Jail cell, bank vault, anything lockable.
most of Cinemaphile is immune to it
put my dick in your mom
I know it's already been said, but sex with a prostitute. It's that easy. It follows through sex, so having sex with someone who has lots of sex gets you plenty of time. Just have sex with a different hooker every few months, and in all likelihood, you're good.
thats basically what they did at the end and it didn't work
I don't think it's ever confirmed that prostitutes were used. It's certainly implied, but we don't know for sure. Also, even if they were used, could be a case of getting unlucky. Most prostitutes have plenty of clients, so they can really spread the curse far down the line, depending on how far the monster is away. If prostitutes were used, and it came back so quickly, then I guess the prostitute never got the chance to frick any other clients, just bad luck. More often than not it should work. To make double sure, maybe fly half round the world, frick a prostitute there, then return home. The creature would spend months tracking down whoever ends up with the curse, and again, you're good to go.
locked shipping container at the bottom of the ocean.
>trap the one chasing you
>flick it
>spin it
>twist it
>bop it
>rape it
>it kills itself
check mate.
remain a permavirgin
This solution was greentexted a few months ago.
>Build platform on top of tall pole.
>Never get off platform
>Survive by having friends toss you up food, drinks, etc.
post NPNW threads on /misc/, you'll never get infected.
twitter tier movie but intelligent use of budget to depict- wait it costed 1.3milly
>$1.3x10^6 dollars
>movie about invisible bad guy that does nothing for 80% of the film
>kooky little indie movie how UN-kitsch
>moustache craft beer drinker movie of the year
this movie was a symbolic representation of AIDs
you dont rid off of aids after having sex with another people
I feel like if I had the creature I'd almost rather keep it on me rather than passing it on and not knowing if it's coming back for me someday
it's about sexual abuse
the main character is humped and dumped by a guy she thought was in love with her
then later she's used as a quick frick by a guy who don't take her seriously
and then in the end she fricks a guy who's taking advantage of her situation
even the most brain dead loser can tell that's what they were going for with the film
>sexual abuse is consensual sex you regret
huh?
You are such a woman it's unreal. You need to be corrected.
>sexual abuse
>posts completely consensual sex
Absolute garbage.
extremely blackpilled, the ugly childhood friend gets awkward pity sex while she goes to down on the chad after like a day.
Turned it off after the boat gangbang. Tired of prostitutes
I liked it. A lot.
Very bleak. It did a bunch with very little.
Some great acting from young talent, and some real feels in there. I liked that it trusted the audience to put things together for themselves and didn’t spell it out at every turn. The weirdo walking in the background. The guy looking over his shoulder at the theatre. The way the monster embodied the girl’s Dad at the end as horrific and cruel insult (indicating maybe it finds glee in ruining lives and revels in its victims misery. Maybe further, maybe feeding on suffering or that it just enjoys the torture).
I really loved that scene where they as a group decide to take off and driving away it was just standing on her house.
Yeesh.
And that score…holy shit man.
Yeah, I like that movie.
I remember not liking it and thinking the pool scene was incredibly moronic. Maybe I need to give it another try.
It started getting stupid for me at the beach scene when they learned it can be struck and shot, which would stop it for a little while. Up until that point, it was completely unapproachable
If I remember correctly, this and the guest came out around the same time and it felt like the start of a trend of simple, fun, decent nostalgia inspired horror/thriller movies, but that didn't happen.
Also, there’s a lot of subtext. Quiet conversations happening in the background regarding life, sex, and death. The loss of innocence. Maybe reality itself, the past, time, etc being a monster.
I don’t know. I’d have to watch it again, but there’s a lot to chew on in that one. Good stuff.
I liked it a lot when I saw it in theaters. Every subsequent viewing I've begun to wonder what I liked about it at all. I can't enjoy a horror movie with people making unmotivated decisions anymore.
Good but Smile (and Ringu, the progenitor of these movies) is better.
How was Smile overall? It's one of the first horror movie trailers that actually made me jump but I haven't seen the movie itself.
It's shit, literally jumpscare the movie.
It's amazing to me that someone would call Smile better than It Follows. Smile is It Follows with all the fun taken out, just 2 hours of oppressing misery and cliche "serious" themes.
Good concept that was done better with Marble Hornets. Decent cinematography and atmosphere, though. Way too overhyped to be listed in anyone's top 3/5/10/whatever.
The worse film I ever seen
You know there’s a difference between “worse” and “worst”, right? I’m so sick of you fricking zoomers not being able to comprehend English.
>bro what if we made a slasher but the killer is an STD!
Killer opening. Shame it rests on the audience feeling sympathy for a teenage fornicating prostitute.
>Slasher but the disposable prostitute character is now the protagonist instead of being killed off
Dropped
Those characters only exist to provide schadenfreude kino with their deaths
It would take around 3000 days to walk across the earth halfway, so book a flight to each city of the 2 extremes.
so that's why she was acting so freaky
It can walk onto a plane Anon
Is the creature intelligent enough to do so?
If I recall, in the movie we don't really see the creature do any sort of creative problem solving or Is anything like that. We know it is able to bypass basic obstacles like stairs and water, but that is about it.
It disguises itself as the mother IIRC
I was mostly shitposting though, it's kinda funny to imagine it waiting in the airport staring at its watch
meh
Frickin shithouse c**t. Got to the school bit and thought yeah nah this is shit for poofs so I turned it off.
Fake and gay feminist film written by women for women
what annoyed me is that the guy at the start actually had a fake identity and fostered a full on relationship with the girl to pass it on instead of just fricking any prostitute that could be bought
>fricks prostitute
>prostitute mistakes ghost/demon for client
>gets killed by ghost/demon
>ghost/demon goes back to trying to kill him
so why wouldnt he just explain to the prostitute the exact same shit he did to the girlfriend when she woke up?
she's a prostitute, she's probably dealt with a fair share of crazies
I don't really believe theres any considerable difference in the intellect of any random hooker b***h and the teen girl hes fricking, if the younger girl is able to understand what hes saying and believes him (after he betrayed her noless) then i think a hooker could too
because the script said so
he was broke and had already wiped out his crypto savings on prozzie pussy
It killed those two guys that fricked her on the boat right? Ergo, you're allowed to 'bank' victims it kills before it gets to you, right?
They fricked each other after she left
Probably
Anyone who is up for that is a gay
The prostitute is just a prop so they can have a gay orgy and look at each other's wieners while saying no homo
Speaking from experience anon?
The script said she didn't actually frick them.
teasing b***h
So why the frick was that scene included?
To convey her desperation and make her feel worse by considering it.
>The script said she didn't actually frick them.
then why was the older one (the dad?) on the roof of their house afterwards?
I really liked it.
I hate women so much it's unreal
it was well shot
despite being cheap, it looked a lot better than some other cheap shit like color from outer space
but as a story and a movie experience? it's not really good
Fantastic score, the one jump scare was pretty good, and competent in all other regards. Pretty good for a modern horror.
so is the ending implication that they aren't safe or that they know its there but aren't the target anymore
Felt like a 15 minute shot story stretched out over two hours.
I liked the premise, and execution mostly worked.
Metaphor for AIDs doesn't entirely work, but I have no problem with it.
Awesome soundtrack, very re-watchable, 9/10
couldn't watch it with anybody cause the concept was tied to sex.
yes. i don't have a gf.
I watched it in theaters having never heard of it at 10 in the morning when I was working rotating shift work and transitioning from mids to days. I thought it fricking rocked
Funny I just watched it for the first time yesterday. Really didn't get the hype tbh. I guess it was something new but aside from the concept nothing stood out
not super scary, but it was still a good concept. very economical film making, the framing and pacing really does all the work. you literally become scared of a person walking on camera
The plot was silly, I honestly couldn't follow it.
it's stupid that only the person it's following can see it, but it's physically there
Liked it a lot even though it's not perfect. Some parts, like the school scene, are just amazing fun to me, the stuff I watch movies for.
I would love a sequel, maybe with multiple character stories. But I have no doubt that it'd end up a disappointment if it happened.
it's great but it could have probably been about 10-15 minutes shorter. the slow pacing works well up to a point, but there is literally a scene where the camera rotates 360 degress twice while nothing happens.
Trash
Cant believe this is what passes as "horror" nowadays