I have been a big fan of Jeremy for 13 years this is my first comment, if you see this dude thank for the great content you are awesome, love from the Dominican republic
I was early to the whole “cut the cable cord” thing. Jeremy’s channel was one of the first I found. It’s wild to think I’ve been watching that long, and that I’ll keep watching even longer.
I am not sure if I have watched him since the inception of his channel, but I started when film critic RUclipsrs were getting millions of views. The schomes screen junkies, and Chris Stuckman. Honestly, I felt like they all got pretentious. I watched them all. Now I only watch Jeremy. I've seen all his videos and don't think I'll ever stop watching ❤ oh I'm from thr Caribbean
Woulda been funny to see Jeremy do this review from his perspective, where what we see is the camera he’s usually looking at, and whatever is behind it
Thank you for coming right out of the gate explaining this isn't a horror movie. The way the studio is marketing it & the way it's listed online suggests it's supernatural horror but it's more 2017's A Ghost Story than 1981's Ghost Story. It's a drama with some possible supernatural elements to it but it's so odd the marketing made it seem like some scary thrill ride instead of a meditative piece on the family roles & dynamic.
Oh man, 2017's "Ghost Story" was just awful. It had good ideas, but it needed a major trim to those long drawn out scenes of nothing happening and pie eating.
It felt like a movie you would see at a student film festival. A really passionate team on a really low budget just making a movie over a couple of weekends and the actors are getting paid in “exposure” and pizza 😄 I loved it.
I was the only person in the theater opening night. No preview played in front of it. Happy I really got invested in all the family members' struggles.
@@jonbaxter2254Oh please keep that Chris bullshit to yourself. The guy is happy with his family life, he is in post production on his debut film, and still keeping his channel running while you’re busy mad he isn’t taking time to talk about shit he doesn’t like. He still critics films but you lack media literacy and you’re too accustomed to grifter culture to understand the difference. Do yourself a favor and do something you actually enjoy instead of spending all this time thinking about what you don’t. You’re what’s wrong with movie fans today. You want to suck the joy out everything and call it constructive criticism meanwhile you’re just a pessimistic cynic who can’t possibly believe that they are people who disagree with you and like things you don’t. You fill your days with confirmation bias and hive mind individuals who pray to God an original thought will enter their smooth brains someday. Seriously I beg of you, please go screw yourself and post the review when you’re done. Critic that you damn dork.
the others, without a doubt, has to be my favorite supernatural thriller. it has such an amazing atmosphere and an absolutely haunting nicole kidman performance
What a gut punch ending The Others had. I was hyped for Presence but not so much after watching Jeremy's review. Maybe I'll just watch The Others again instead.
I've been watching you since I was a teenager. I've always loved watching TV and movies, but you really made me even more interested in film. Thank you.
I think he makes too too many, I like when directors have their identity written all over their films. David Fincher, Coen Brothers, Tarantino, James Cameron, Darren Aronofksy, Michael Mann. That said, Soderbergh’s best film hands down is 2000’s Traffic.
@@Mrcool179 From best to worst: - Awesometacular - Buy on Blu-ray - Good time, no alcohol required - Good time, alcohol required - Not gonna remember it in T-1 day (forgettable) - Dogshit. He hasn't said where 'catch on streaming' goes, but something tells me that it's on the lower end of the spectrum. Maybe between GTAR and T-1 day?
4:20 "The others" starring Nicole Kidman is one of the supernatural family drama movies that always comes to my mind. The acting performances is top notch and ending which was kinda unexpected.
It was a family drama or a mystery thriller involving a family? I find Babadook is more of a family drama because of the dead husband/Grieving single mother
“The Others” with Nicole Kidman has never left me and that was over 20 years ago. I look forward to seeing this one, Jeremy. Thanks for your always smart and honest take on this wonderful thing we call cinema. 💙✨
Yep that's the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the plot for this movie. A ghost story was brilliant so im excited to see another take on that style
I appreciate your honesty about waiting for streaming, especially when talking about a top 10 anticipated movie for the year. My wife and I were really interested in seeing a horror movie with the ghosts POV but now I can save a few bucks and wait 5 months to stream. You’re the man Jeremy!
I think he's underselling it. It's going to be one of the best movies of the year. You have to enjoy feeling a sense of dread deep dread for about 20 minutes though
Me n my gf went to watch it last night, and we were the only ones in the theater, imo I really enjoyed this film, it felt new to me. Even though, like you said, “take away the gimmick, and it’s just another family drama” but definitely enjoyable enough for me that I plan to buy the blue ray when it comes out.
Great review! I just saw the movie. I agree with most of what you said. I actually liked the cuts to black though, because I took it as the ghost not really being able to control the time that it's in. The psychic lady talked about how ghost don't experience time in the same way so it almost felt like to the cut was how the ghost was experiencing time. It would just show up at times and then be taken to a new time. Either way I enjoyed the movie, but kind of like you, I was hoping I would enjoy it more!
I liked the cuts too! They were scary as we gradually discover it's us, the ghost, closing our eyes as we pass out until we're next awoken in the house. And I heard one source say the length of time during the cuts to black is correspondent with the passage of time between scenes on screen. I'm finding the film to be super thought out. Gonna need to rewatch this one!
This is one hard mofo of a movie to give it score. I ABSOLUTELY agree with you that the whole thing's a drama series POV and although I never felt that the movie is boring (its just 80 mins), I questioned the ghost POV. While watching you forget its a POV, you feel like its just a non stop camera shots which is not, the black screens returns you to reality. But God damn mate, the last 5 minutes are SO GOOD, especially the last scene of the movie is great. I want to give it a 10 and I want to give it a 4 on the same time, I dont know.... Im going with your score Jeremy, watch it on stream. I had issues but the ending was sooooo damn good....
I think most of you are being entirely too lenient. The absolute highest I could give it is a 4. But it really is a 2/10 and that’s only because of the concept. There is nothing redeeming about this movie at all. The scenes are disjointed, you know exactly what’s going to happen, the script and writing is very bad, it’s not a ounce of horror, the ending was frankly super cheap, so many plot lines brought up and never touched, etc etc
Just saw this, I enjoyed it! Especially the daughter's character and father's character, they were so sweet and heartwarming. I loved the screenplay, very realistic
Agreed! After unpacking it all, I will definitely watch it again via streaming. Going back through my thoughts of the movie after the ending made me really appreciate it even more ❤😢
Having read the letdown reactions, I liked this better than I expected, sure I didn’t expect of cheap thrills & jump scares, I was hooked from the beginning, the performances felt real, the dialogues didn’t need to be flashy I did care for the family, it just felt like you were there too, of course through the eyes of the entity, the ending was chef’s kiss! 💯
The horror to me were the cuts to black after each thoughtfully crafted scene played out. You slowly discover that's the ghost (you) losing consciousness or closing your eyes until you awake in the next instance of you to explore and watch play out. I was always asking 'what did I just watch? and what is coming next?'
Yea no even from a critics standpoint this was a very bad movie. I don’t want to discredit anyone’s experience, but I’m very curious how people came out of it actually finding enjoyment out of it. Even with the great concept, they dropped the ball
Favorite supernatural film? The Uninvited from 1944 with Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp, Cornelia Otis Skinner and Gail Russell. Haunted House, ghost possession story. Effectively creepy for a film 81 years old. Even Craig Ferguson from the old Late Late Show called this his favorite scary movie. Great review.
There is no way in hell you watched this movie and came to that conclusion. I’m not even being mean. But we did not see the same movie if you even remotely want to say it’s a must watch. This is a 2/10 movie and it’s only that because of the concept.
I’m really appreciating Jeremy’s new ratings. I love his usual one (even use it myself to some degree), but I find the new ones fulfill the purpose of a rating while shying away from what bothers Jeremy about rating systems in the first place.
I think it's worth watching in theaters for the ending alone. Been a hot minute since I've been left utterly bamboozled by an ending. Makes you think back to every event in the movie from a different perspective. The family drama aspect was entertaining as well. You don't need all the answers. It's vague, and pretty easy to piece together what the drama was with the parents (spoilers below) The mother was doing illegal things, like fraud. Her phone call with a coworker was the first clue and the second was when she was in bed deleting emails and moved around in bed so her husband couldn't see. Also a clue was her telling her son everything she does is for him, as if anticipating getting caught and being sent to jail. Dad was considering divorcing because he didn't want any of that. Daughter's two friends died of an overdose, later revealed that Ryan was a serial killer, or a dude with an asphyxiation fetish. Her depression negatively affected brother's school life and the family had to move to another school district. Brother resented her for that and had to start over making new friends. In comes Ryan and invites him into his crowd in order to get close to the sister to kill her. Ghost was the son, trapped in time. Realized he was being a dick to his sister after death. He folded her clothes and watched over her from her closet. When brother was being a dick in the living room, he went to his room and threw a tantrum out of regret. Once he woke himself up from the drugs, he completed the loop in saving his sister. In the end, he finished his purpose in the house and flew off.
Idk about it knowing who it was. It was probably confused about who it was like the lady said (since everything she said ended up being true) but still felt that anger or regret for his actions when he was alive without really knowing why.
This was a FANTASTIC movie, the tension. The house itself is a character, and you feel like you are there. Watch it by yourself in the quiet, wow wow wow.
I really enjoyed it. I like the more slow, quiet pacing of watching a family disintegrate and a husband doing his best to hold everything together while everything is falling apart. I would agree it's not a horror movie until the end where the last 6-10 minutes or so were excellent. Not necessarily a theater movie but had fun watching it with a small crowd who seemed to enjoy it.
Thanks for the review - I also thought this was a horror movie from the trailers and rating, so good to know that it's actually a family drama from the perspective of a ghost hanging around the place. One of my favorite supernatural dramas (Spoiler Alert: also from the perspective of the ghosts) is "The Others" (2001): that one felt like an old-fashioned haunted house story with World War II going on in the background, and I thought the atmosphere, music, and performances (especially by Nicole Kidman as the mother) were excellent.
Your 3D experience was mine from the jump as well. The 3D ball and the robot dog at the beginning were 3D. But ten minutes in it was just a movie that I had to wear stupid glasses over my glasses to. I didn't see very many 3D movies.
Cheers for your mindful synopsis' in all your clips! Viewing the still shots of your facial expressions by scrolling & browsing the thumbnails, are hilarious! *Edit: scrolling as in 'continuously.' Best seen w/ a magnifying glass!!😂
Favourite supernatural drama? The Others for sure. Powerful performances from everyone (including the kids), great cinematography and the reveal makes it worth a second watch. On TV, I'd say that The Haunting of Hill House is hard to beat. It's more horror for sure, but it's still a drama at its core.
I personally found the movie to be rather moving in the end, which is not meant to be ironic considering how the slow the pacing can be, but I can completely understand how someone else might find it boring or pretentious to some extent.
I’d say The VVitch is my favorite Supernatural Drama. I went in expecting generic Christian horror and came out not only having seen a beautiful film about family dysfunction, religious indoctrination, hubris, generational trauma, and the lengths one will go to in order to escape abuse; I also walked out a diehard fan of Robert Eggers and his team and haven’t looked back since. Banger after banger. Absolute art.
'The Orphanage' from a few years ago....produced by Guillermo Del Toro. It's in Spanish so you'll have to read the dialogue as well as watch, but it'll be totally worth it, trust me...
For me, the greatest Ghost Drama was Lake Mungo. Granted, I haven't watched many of them, but it really came in the right time for me and it's one if the saddest and spookiest films I've seen. 12/10
This movie was perplexing. I was bored 90% of it because I thought it was supposed to be horror. But the ending was so good I ended up liking it! Can’t remember another movie that made me feel like that lol
@ a ghost story from 2017. With Casey Affleck. People either love it or hate it. I absolutely love it. I lost my brother suddenly in 2022 and this movie just hits me differently. The soundtrack is so fucking great also.
I’m looking forward to seeing this movie, but it doesn’t appear to be on the schedule for release in my country. So I really hope (weirdly enough) to have it appear on streaming soon. 😅
Saw it on a preview screening and didn't like, mainly because of the trailer. The trailer tries to sell it like some big horror film, which is not, and that sets you up to be disappointed since, as was pointed out, it's actually a drama.
That's what I keep telling everyone too. I have friends who weren't ever going to watch it because they don't like scary horror movies & I have to explain that this isn't that kind of haunting.
Thanks for the review Jeremy! I'll pass on this one. My fav super natural dramas- The Others, The Haunting of Hill House (Netflix series) and The Haunting (enjoyed both '63 & '99 versions).
I watched this film yesterday and I recommend not going in expecting a horror film or a thriller. This film is mostly a family drama with supernatural elements to it. Most viewers will find this film boring and I certainly would not blame them for that opinion. I kind of already knew the direction the film was going to go from the outset and it revealed its hand way too early in the runtime so I was not surprised by its ending at all. The opening scene of this film is absolutely haunting and is my favourite part of the film. It is how I have always wanted ghosts to be portrayed in film. Wandering halls and rooms endlessly confused and with no purpose. I wished the movie kept the "presence" more ambiguous so the opening had more weight...
I enjoyed the film. Definitely a sleeper movie, i.e. unexpectedly enjoyable compared to the nonsense that is released nowadays. The ending was the best part. When Lucy Liu was standing alone in the home it came to me what/ who the presence was before the reveal. Alot of breadcrumbs in this supernatural drama.
Not a supernatural drama, but my son asked me, "Why do ghosts disappear?" I replied, "To get to the other side." He didn't laugh, but I thought it was funny.
I saw it at the movies with a small croud and it was a great experience. Surprisingly people were not talking it felt like everyone was into the story.
I truly enjoyed this movie I was invested in the story right from the start. Definitely not a horror movie it’s more of a supernatural psychological drama
I agree, but I'll also say that if you have any kind of movie theater subscription--I have AMC Stubs A-List, I recommend using one of your tickets to see it
honestly, i'm fine paying that price. personally, the issue is in those tuesday promos. larger crowds make these ballsy, cutting-edge underfinanced films more suspectible to a reckless audience that has completely detached from the film.
Yup. Felt the same way. Enjoyed it but wanted to enjoy it more. Went into this one completely blind. Enjoyed what I got but felt I needed a bit more from it. 3/5 for me
I have seen it ...today... and I do not care to watch it a 2nd time personally. I didn't hate it and I also wasn't expecting a scary horror movie either. I knew it was going to be a ghost drama with Soderbergh directing so I didnt expect I'd be watching some kind of James Wan ghost movie. I think most movies are worth watching once but I just didn't care much for it in the end.
I have been a big fan of Jeremy for 13 years this is my first comment, if you see this dude thank for the great content you are awesome, love from the Dominican republic
I was early to the whole “cut the cable cord” thing. Jeremy’s channel was one of the first I found. It’s wild to think I’ve been watching that long, and that I’ll keep watching even longer.
On god same perfectly said much love from Los Angeles California
I am not sure if I have watched him since the inception of his channel, but I started when film critic RUclipsrs were getting millions of views. The schomes screen junkies, and Chris Stuckman. Honestly, I felt like they all got pretentious. I watched them all. Now I only watch Jeremy. I've seen all his videos and don't think I'll ever stop watching ❤ oh I'm from thr Caribbean
I’m about to look through every video he’s ever posted to see if you’re telling the truth
Wow another dominican lets goo
Woulda been funny to see Jeremy do this review from his perspective, where what we see is the camera he’s usually looking at, and whatever is behind it
yes!!
Missed op lol
Probably kicking himself right now
fuck that was good idea
Dude!
Thank you for coming right out of the gate explaining this isn't a horror movie. The way the studio is marketing it & the way it's listed online suggests it's supernatural horror but it's more 2017's A Ghost Story than 1981's Ghost Story. It's a drama with some possible supernatural elements to it but it's so odd the marketing made it seem like some scary thrill ride instead of a meditative piece on the family roles & dynamic.
The trailers are criminal for how they portrayed this…..
For real! Like….if they want to portray it like a horror movie, why the hell didn’t they just make it a horror movie?
@@Jsizzle6809Marketing and Creative couldn't get on the same page.
It's a light horror movie.
Oh man, 2017's "Ghost Story" was just awful. It had good ideas, but it needed a major trim to those long drawn out scenes of nothing happening and pie eating.
It felt like a movie you would see at a student film festival. A really passionate team on a really low budget just making a movie over a couple of weekends and the actors are getting paid in “exposure” and pizza 😄 I loved it.
With that perspective it actually makes me like it a bit more
Yeah true. Idk how they did the levitating scenes
@wiiplaya25 probably with just puppet strings. You can use vfx to them out in post if they're visible.
My joke is that the 2 mil went to Lucy Liu and the rest of the cast and crew's pay was the pleasure of working with Lucy Liu lol
@renno2679 Lucy Liu definitely got paid the most on that set. 2nd most is the DP. Craft services probably got paid more than the kids combined.
I was the only person in the theater opening night. No preview played in front of it. Happy I really got invested in all the family members' struggles.
mine was packed Thursday night
@ohgeez4354 Nice and what did your audience think?
@@Pokemonashgreen2 seemed like everyone enjoyed it
Kraven the Hunter was amazing! Go see it asap... the lead actor even said you should see it.....
@michael-4k4000 That movie is dog shit, I roasted on my Letterboxd review
Thanks for the some of the most reliably credible reviews currently available. Trustworthiness is rarer than it should be. Yours is valued.
Facts
Unlike other critics who cannot even criticise a film lol
@@jonbaxter2254Oh please keep that Chris bullshit to yourself. The guy is happy with his family life, he is in post production on his debut film, and still keeping his channel running while you’re busy mad he isn’t taking time to talk about shit he doesn’t like. He still critics films but you lack media literacy and you’re too accustomed to grifter culture to understand the difference. Do yourself a favor and do something you actually enjoy instead of spending all this time thinking about what you don’t. You’re what’s wrong with movie fans today. You want to suck the joy out everything and call it constructive criticism meanwhile you’re just a pessimistic cynic who can’t possibly believe that they are people who disagree with you and like things you don’t. You fill your days with confirmation bias and hive mind individuals who pray to God an original thought will enter their smooth brains someday. Seriously I beg of you, please go screw yourself and post the review when you’re done. Critic that you damn dork.
the others, without a doubt, has to be my favorite supernatural thriller. it has such an amazing atmosphere and an absolutely haunting nicole kidman performance
The Others was exactly what I was thinking of when he made the anticipated list video and mentioned the premise of this new movie.
The Others is an excellent film, but my favorite supernatural thriller is The Changling. Well worth the watch.
What a gut punch ending The Others had. I was hyped for Presence but not so much after watching Jeremy's review. Maybe I'll just watch The Others again instead.
that's what I thought as well
The Autopsy of Jane Doe is a gem of mine that i highly recommend! Appreciate & highly value your reviews. ✨🙏🏽
That's a great movie
Loovveee that movie
That movie is awesome one of my favorite
Yes!! Is one of my favorites.. 👍 I’ll recommend more drama/scary
I've been watching you since I was a teenager. I've always loved watching TV and movies, but you really made me even more interested in film. Thank you.
Steven Soderbergh is one of the most underrated directors in history. Dude is just consistent.
I think he makes too too many, I like when directors have their identity written all over their films. David Fincher, Coen Brothers, Tarantino, James Cameron, Darren Aronofksy, Michael Mann.
That said, Soderbergh’s best film hands down is 2000’s Traffic.
He can make a great movie in a weekend.
I love it when Jeremy just makes a new rating for a movie.
Comes out on streaming has been here since last year right?..
@ I mean it’s new compared to his usual 6.
Im confused by the new ranking system haha. Someone wanna break it down??
@@Mrcool179 From best to worst:
- Awesometacular
- Buy on Blu-ray
- Good time, no alcohol required
- Good time, alcohol required
- Not gonna remember it in T-1 day (forgettable)
- Dogshit.
He hasn't said where 'catch on streaming' goes, but something tells me that it's on the lower end of the spectrum. Maybe between GTAR and T-1 day?
Guess it’s that good
I can't believe I've been watching Jeremy for over 10 years. It's still the first I come to for reviews
4:20 "The others" starring Nicole Kidman is one of the supernatural family drama movies that always comes to my mind. The acting performances is top notch and ending which was kinda unexpected.
I ❤that movie
The plot twist towards the end was so good.
It was a family drama or a mystery thriller involving a family? I find Babadook is more of a family drama because of the dead husband/Grieving single mother
That movie was like an M. Night Shyamalan movie without being directed by him 😅
@@JamesLawner But one of the good ones.
“The Others” with Nicole Kidman has never left me and that was over 20 years ago.
I look forward to seeing this one, Jeremy. Thanks for your always smart and honest take on this wonderful thing we call cinema.
💙✨
A Ghost Story comes to mind as one of my favorites. A odd take but shot beautifully and shown beautifully.
Yep that's the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the plot for this movie. A ghost story was brilliant so im excited to see another take on that style
As well as the anime series Ghost stories. Beautifully made
This is a different take but yeah similar central ghost idea I guess. I thought it was super well thought out and written.
Absolutely LOVED this film, haven't stopped thinking about it for a week!
Dynamic and polished. In short, vintage Soderbergh.
I kind of want to know what Jeremy's worst experiences at the theater are now, like people on there phones, talking during the movie stuff like that.
one of my odder experiences was the guys in the row before me eating copious amounts of sushi, the smell was quite intense.
I appreciate your honesty about waiting for streaming, especially when talking about a top 10 anticipated movie for the year. My wife and I were really interested in seeing a horror movie with the ghosts POV but now I can save a few bucks and wait 5 months to stream. You’re the man Jeremy!
I think he's underselling it. It's going to be one of the best movies of the year. You have to enjoy feeling a sense of dread deep dread for about 20 minutes though
Me n my gf went to watch it last night, and we were the only ones in the theater, imo I really enjoyed this film, it felt new to me. Even though, like you said, “take away the gimmick, and it’s just another family drama” but definitely enjoyable enough for me that I plan to buy the blue ray when it comes out.
Great review! I just saw the movie. I agree with most of what you said. I actually liked the cuts to black though, because I took it as the ghost not really being able to control the time that it's in. The psychic lady talked about how ghost don't experience time in the same way so it almost felt like to the cut was how the ghost was experiencing time. It would just show up at times and then be taken to a new time. Either way I enjoyed the movie, but kind of like you, I was hoping I would enjoy it more!
I liked the cuts too! They were scary as we gradually discover it's us, the ghost, closing our eyes as we pass out until we're next awoken in the house. And I heard one source say the length of time during the cuts to black is correspondent with the passage of time between scenes on screen. I'm finding the film to be super thought out. Gonna need to rewatch this one!
@@TheCoolNinjaReport yeah, the more I think about it the more I figure out. Definitely need to rewatch it.
Jeremy been the GOAT since the Movieman days. Thanks for the consistent years of incredible content
This is one hard mofo of a movie to give it score. I ABSOLUTELY agree with you that the whole thing's a drama series POV and although I never felt that the movie is boring (its just 80 mins), I questioned the ghost POV. While watching you forget its a POV, you feel like its just a non stop camera shots which is not, the black screens returns you to reality. But God damn mate, the last 5 minutes are SO GOOD, especially the last scene of the movie is great. I want to give it a 10 and I want to give it a 4 on the same time, I dont know.... Im going with your score Jeremy, watch it on stream. I had issues but the ending was sooooo damn good....
I think most of you are being entirely too lenient. The absolute highest I could give it is a 4. But it really is a 2/10 and that’s only because of the concept. There is nothing redeeming about this movie at all. The scenes are disjointed, you know exactly what’s going to happen, the script and writing is very bad, it’s not a ounce of horror, the ending was frankly super cheap, so many plot lines brought up and never touched, etc etc
Just saw this, I enjoyed it! Especially the daughter's character and father's character, they were so sweet and heartwarming. I loved the screenplay, very realistic
Agreed! After unpacking it all, I will definitely watch it again via streaming. Going back through my thoughts of the movie after the ending made me really appreciate it even more ❤😢
I’ve watched it multiple times. There are no loose threads if you understand the story and the esoteric lore it’s based on.
Having read the letdown reactions, I liked this better than I expected, sure I didn’t expect of cheap thrills & jump scares, I was hooked from the beginning, the performances felt real, the dialogues didn’t need to be flashy I did care for the family, it just felt like you were there too, of course through the eyes of the entity, the ending was chef’s kiss! 💯
The horror to me were the cuts to black after each thoughtfully crafted scene played out. You slowly discover that's the ghost (you) losing consciousness or closing your eyes until you awake in the next instance of you to explore and watch play out. I was always asking 'what did I just watch? and what is coming next?'
Yea no even from a critics standpoint this was a very bad movie. I don’t want to discredit anyone’s experience, but I’m very curious how people came out of it actually finding enjoyment out of it. Even with the great concept, they dropped the ball
Favorite supernatural film? The Uninvited from 1944 with Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp, Cornelia Otis Skinner and Gail Russell. Haunted House, ghost possession story. Effectively creepy for a film 81 years old. Even Craig Ferguson from the old Late Late Show called this his favorite scary movie. Great review.
Just got done watching it.....GO SEE THIS MOVIE!
The ENDING alone is worth the ticket price!
Favorite movie of the year so far!
Ehh idk it ended way to quick
I agree. I think he's really underselling it
Meh
There is no way in hell you watched this movie and came to that conclusion. I’m not even being mean. But we did not see the same movie if you even remotely want to say it’s a must watch. This is a 2/10 movie and it’s only that because of the concept.
I’m really appreciating Jeremy’s new ratings. I love his usual one (even use it myself to some degree), but I find the new ones fulfill the purpose of a rating while shying away from what bothers Jeremy about rating systems in the first place.
I think it's worth watching in theaters for the ending alone. Been a hot minute since I've been left utterly bamboozled by an ending. Makes you think back to every event in the movie from a different perspective. The family drama aspect was entertaining as well. You don't need all the answers. It's vague, and pretty easy to piece together what the drama was with the parents (spoilers below)
The mother was doing illegal things, like fraud. Her phone call with a coworker was the first clue and the second was when she was in bed deleting emails and moved around in bed so her husband couldn't see. Also a clue was her telling her son everything she does is for him, as if anticipating getting caught and being sent to jail. Dad was considering divorcing because he didn't want any of that. Daughter's two friends died of an overdose, later revealed that Ryan was a serial killer, or a dude with an asphyxiation fetish. Her depression negatively affected brother's school life and the family had to move to another school district. Brother resented her for that and had to start over making new friends. In comes Ryan and invites him into his crowd in order to get close to the sister to kill her. Ghost was the son, trapped in time. Realized he was being a dick to his sister after death. He folded her clothes and watched over her from her closet. When brother was being a dick in the living room, he went to his room and threw a tantrum out of regret. Once he woke himself up from the drugs, he completed the loop in saving his sister. In the end, he finished his purpose in the house and flew off.
Idk about it knowing who it was. It was probably confused about who it was like the lady said (since everything she said ended up being true) but still felt that anger or regret for his actions when he was alive without really knowing why.
Everything was so overdone and shoved down are throat it wasn’t subtle . Boring crap movie
This was a FANTASTIC movie, the tension. The house itself is a character, and you feel like you are there. Watch it by yourself in the quiet, wow wow wow.
Literally the worst movie I’ve ever seen . Nothing happens . Ending was incredibly dumb
I agree with everything you said. The ending though, wow.
I really enjoyed it. I like the more slow, quiet pacing of watching a family disintegrate and a husband doing his best to hold everything together while everything is falling apart. I would agree it's not a horror movie until the end where the last 6-10 minutes or so were excellent. Not necessarily a theater movie but had fun watching it with a small crowd who seemed to enjoy it.
Thanks for the review - I also thought this was a horror movie from the trailers and rating, so good to know that it's actually a family drama from the perspective of a ghost hanging around the place. One of my favorite supernatural dramas (Spoiler Alert: also from the perspective of the ghosts) is "The Others" (2001): that one felt like an old-fashioned haunted house story with World War II going on in the background, and I thought the atmosphere, music, and performances (especially by Nicole Kidman as the mother) were excellent.
4:06 Babe wake up, a new Rating Joined Jeremys Ranking System for the first time in Years.
He recently did a new one for Trap. Watch the first half, and then stop.
Always like this guys videos! Most honest movie reviews on YT 🙏
We need a Severance review, Jeremy!
Your 3D experience was mine from the jump as well. The 3D ball and the robot dog at the beginning were 3D. But ten minutes in it was just a movie that I had to wear stupid glasses over my glasses to. I didn't see very many 3D movies.
I saw this movie over the past weekend. Good, but not what I was expecting at all. I liked seeing thru the spirit's eyes...that was kinda cool.
As a person who damn near goes to the movies every week…I actually really enjoyed this. It was simply different and had me on edge.
Worth watching on streaming is a rating needed for a while
Cheers for your mindful synopsis' in all your clips!
Viewing the still shots of your facial expressions by scrolling & browsing the thumbnails, are hilarious!
*Edit: scrolling as in 'continuously.' Best seen w/ a magnifying glass!!😂
Favourite supernatural drama? The Others for sure. Powerful performances from everyone (including the kids), great cinematography and the reveal makes it worth a second watch. On TV, I'd say that The Haunting of Hill House is hard to beat. It's more horror for sure, but it's still a drama at its core.
I personally found the movie to be rather moving in the end, which is not meant to be ironic considering how the slow the pacing can be, but I can completely understand how someone else might find it boring or pretentious to some extent.
Now may be a good time to provide an update on the rating system, especially with the new “streaming” ratings…
I go to he movies alone on weekday mornings. Usually just me and maybe 2 other people there so I think it'll be worth watching on matinee prices
Watched this at AMC for $5 Tuesday!
I’d say The VVitch is my favorite Supernatural Drama.
I went in expecting generic Christian horror and came out not only having seen a beautiful film about family dysfunction, religious indoctrination, hubris, generational trauma, and the lengths one will go to in order to escape abuse;
I also walked out a diehard fan of Robert Eggers and his team and haven’t looked back since. Banger after banger. Absolute art.
The Sixth Sense was hands down my favorite ghost movie of all time, the gimmick of the movie worked perfectly with the actual story and themes.
Jeremy gives me a heads up on movies I should enjoy and avoid, appreciate it brother. ❤
I saw it on Friday and really enjoyed it.
'The Orphanage' from a few years ago....produced by Guillermo Del Toro. It's in Spanish so you'll have to read the dialogue as well as watch, but it'll be totally worth it, trust me...
I’m really intrigued by this film, but have no problem waiting until it’s available to stream at home.
I saw it but been waiting for his take on it to make me feel better
For me, the greatest Ghost Drama was Lake Mungo. Granted, I haven't watched many of them, but it really came in the right time for me and it's one if the saddest and spookiest films I've seen. 12/10
This movie was perplexing. I was bored 90% of it because I thought it was supposed to be horror.
But the ending was so good I ended up liking it!
Can’t remember another movie that made me feel like that lol
Ghost story. Hands down. The music score is amazing.
Which "ghost story"? There are 2 films with that title.
@ a ghost story from 2017. With Casey Affleck.
People either love it or hate it. I absolutely love it. I lost my brother suddenly in 2022 and this movie just hits me differently.
The soundtrack is so fucking great also.
Surprised to see a movie before you reviewed it! This is a first for me. Haha.
Great review bro
This reminds me a lot of the Casey Affleck movie, A Ghost Story. I thought that movie was fantastic. Really looking forward to checking out Presence.
I’m looking forward to seeing this movie, but it doesn’t appear to be on the schedule for release in my country. So I really hope (weirdly enough) to have it appear on streaming soon. 😅
Saw it on a preview screening and didn't like, mainly because of the trailer. The trailer tries to sell it like some big horror film, which is not, and that sets you up to be disappointed since, as was pointed out, it's actually a drama.
That's what I keep telling everyone too. I have friends who weren't ever going to watch it because they don't like scary horror movies & I have to explain that this isn't that kind of haunting.
Thank you for your honest review!
I loved the concept to this movie and it felt like such an out of the body experience
Thanks for the review Jeremy! I'll pass on this one. My fav super natural dramas- The Others, The Haunting of Hill House (Netflix series) and The Haunting (enjoyed both '63 & '99 versions).
Plz review Oddity and Caveat. Both on streaming, both my Damien McCarthy. Low budget horror/dramas. I love both
I watched this film yesterday and I recommend not going in expecting a horror film or a thriller. This film is mostly a family drama with supernatural elements to it. Most viewers will find this film boring and I certainly would not blame them for that opinion. I kind of already knew the direction the film was going to go from the outset and it revealed its hand way too early in the runtime so I was not surprised by its ending at all. The opening scene of this film is absolutely haunting and is my favourite part of the film. It is how I have always wanted ghosts to be portrayed in film. Wandering halls and rooms endlessly confused and with no purpose. I wished the movie kept the "presence" more ambiguous so the opening had more weight...
I loved this movie. The ending genuinely scared me lmao
I enjoyed the twist. If you paid attention to the mediums little speech it made sense
The amount of people who are going to be bamboozled by the poster art and title into thinking this is a horror movie.......
It was an interesting little ghost story. I did like the continuous shots.
I enjoyed the film. Definitely a sleeper movie, i.e. unexpectedly enjoyable compared to the nonsense that is released nowadays. The ending was the best part. When Lucy Liu was standing alone in the home it came to me what/ who the presence was before the reveal. Alot of breadcrumbs in this supernatural drama.
Not a supernatural drama, but my son asked me, "Why do ghosts disappear?" I replied, "To get to the other side." He didn't laugh, but I thought it was funny.
The Chickens 🐔 🐥 🐤 🐣 🐓 Laughed. 🤭
Skeleton Key or Stir of Echoes
Really enjoyed this one and this felt like what "Paranormal Activity" should have been.
Please review every episode of SEVERENCE. we love you
I saw it at the movies with a small croud and it was a great experience. Surprisingly people were not talking it felt like everyone was into the story.
The Innocents from 1961 and The Haunting from 1963, absolute classics of the genre.
I went opening night. Other than this annoying couple behind me, I had a great time. And it’s good to see a Soderbergh movie in theaters
This movie was great once you watch it and get the horror aspect out of your head. The ending was great and wasn't expecting that.
I watched it, loved it, happy to pay, but very glad I was in theatre with only 5 others.
Big fan of these new ratings
I had two features today. Presence and Nosferatu.. great day if you ask me… I like presence, innovative and the end payoff really good
I truly enjoyed this movie I was invested in the story right from the start. Definitely not a horror movie it’s more of a supernatural psychological drama
Catch it on streaming or on sale in stores
The Sixth Sense is by far my favorite supernatural drama.👌🏼
I agree, but I'll also say that if you have any kind of movie theater subscription--I have AMC Stubs A-List, I recommend using one of your tickets to see it
My guilty pleasure ghost movie is The Awakening. It is not a great movie, but one that I appreciate for what it is.
Agree
It’s worth seeing in theaters.
Im happy it got a positive review
4:10 These reasons are mainly why I rarely ever go to a movie theater anymore.
honestly, i'm fine paying that price. personally, the issue is in those tuesday promos. larger crowds make these ballsy, cutting-edge underfinanced films more suspectible to a reckless audience that has completely detached from the film.
This movie IS worth it, though. It’s a little more layered than Jeremy lead on
@@Tebay71 Oh I'm definitely watching it. Sounds interesting enough, just not in theaters.
Love the hair.
“The Others” is a great supernatural drama that had a similar strategy and was honestly far better.
I loved the Seventh Sign.
This dude is single handedly my rotten tomato rating love him
Yup. Felt the same way. Enjoyed it but wanted to enjoy it more. Went into this one completely blind. Enjoyed what I got but felt I needed a bit more from it. 3/5 for me
Appreciate your honesty 💯
do ghosts never get tired?
I have seen it ...today... and I do not care to watch it a 2nd time personally. I didn't hate it and I also wasn't expecting a scary horror movie either. I knew it was going to be a ghost drama with Soderbergh directing so I didnt expect I'd be watching some kind of James Wan ghost movie. I think most movies are worth watching once but I just didn't care much for it in the end.