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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by nieceandtows@programming.dev to c/horrormovies@lemmy.film

I wasn't scared by the movie, but it has a similar dread throughout the movie. There are also some jump scares, and the ending has that 'evil didn't really get defeated' quality.

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[-] jana@leminal.space 9 points 1 year ago

It's certainly not jump scare horror; it's more existential.

I enjoy horror movies, but they've long since stopped "scaring" me. To me, they're mostly just fun -- seeing the effects, the ways they'll put their own twists on genre tropes, etc.

Annihilation, for me, invoked a true sense of dread and, well, horror. It's several years old but still lingers with me.

(After writing this I realized you said 2013, not 2018... hope that's just a typo and we're talking about the same movie)

[-] nieceandtows@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah I meant 2018. Yeah my favorite horror is the ones that give you that dread and what if scenarios.

[-] VO0RHAMER@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I would call it existential horror. It has a threat that is beyond understanding and a faith possibly worse than death for some characters.

Apart from that it has great themes. A fantastic movie overall

I would say so. It's kind of a non-central example of the genre but I think there's enough horror there.

[-] Solemn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

I'm terrible at horror movies. The bear was in my mind for months. Even now it still comes to mind when I'm closing my eyes in the shower.

I did not read the billing, did not realize it was at all a horror movie going in.

[-] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think my criteria for if something's a horror movie is answering this question: is it trying to scare me, or otherwise make me uncomfortable? If yes, then I think it belongs in the category to some degree. A lot of angst is spent by genre fans (horror especially, I've noticed?) wondering if something belongs in the genre, and I personally think a lot of it is unnecessary.

Enjoy what you enjoy, and if it spooks ya then I think it's fair to at least say it has horror elements.

[-] six_arm_spider_man@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't. Some creepy moments (that bear that screams!), but never scary.

[-] nieceandtows@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah it isn't scary, but I'm kind of desensitized to scares these days. Talk to Me was a good movie with some prefictable cliches but not scary. There was a similar dread about what was going to happen that had me tense in some parts though.

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