Loved, loved, loved this one. Made me miss my mom more, think about becoming a parent more and it made me think about the sacrifices my momma had to do to raise me by herself. I definitely claim this as horror by the way. Just straightforward reality.
The book seems to have more horror aspects than the film adaptation does. I liked how the film leaned hard into the magical realism. Sacrificing some of the book’s horror aspects helped me not give up on the character. She’s a lot scarier in the book. Scarier like she’s losing more of herself. She becomes even weirder in the book, if I remember correctly. Her parenting is stranger - like she’s raising her toddler like a puppy because she really struggling and nothing else is working. The ending is also MUCH stranger than the film. It definitely affects her life - changes her parenting for the better. But at first she is perceived as a pretty major weirdo by her mommy friends and her old art world friends. I appreciate that the film didn’t destroy her life by the end. The surface level friendships with moms is kind of the point. The husband got to borrow a lot of my goodwill from Halt and Catch Fire. His character is very similar. It’s prob more magical realism than horror, but that’s not an official genre.
It definitely had a theatric release somewhere at least it was in the buy tickets now from my email but I knew it wouldn't play here so didn't clink on the link to even get an idea how far away it was playing from me. Since I use Hulu for tv shows I don't get movie recommendations thanks for letting me know it is on Hulu. Was interested by the title when saw it in my email and Amy Adams. Not a parent but will definitely check it out.
happy new year guys! best wishes for 2025! since you watch all other genres too, you should find time to see 'my old ass' - real nice feel good comin of age movie with aubrey plaza, very touching one
I almost watched it yesterday but i watched the preview and i was like : That's not an horror movie that's just a mom comedy. So i decided to put in the maybe later pile.
By the way. I imagine y’all have your NYE horror review prepped? But I do have two in mind for next time. Ghostkeeper (1981) and Time’s Up (2021) are slashers. You did a five minute review of Ghostkeeper. Felissa Rose and Dave Sheridan are in the second film I mentioned.
Kind of funny how this was marketed as horror, when Netflix's "The Piano Lesson" is a full on horror/ghost story and they've gone out of their way to hide that fact.
It was a very good movie imo. A “woke” movie without BEING woke. As a male I perfectly understood and liked the message. The trasformations were just a little over the top and not completely needed imo but everything else was great and worth the journey. At the end is a love story both about herself and his husband. Amy carried the movie. She’s so great!
there's cat violence which makes it more unlikeable, woman on couch, you think killing cats in cute?? . Being childfree on purpose it looks horrifying. To me the Bobadook monster represents her grief from the loss of her husband
Loved, loved, loved this one. Made me miss my mom more, think about becoming a parent more and it made me think about the sacrifices my momma had to do to raise me by herself. I definitely claim this as horror by the way. Just straightforward reality.
The book seems to have more horror aspects than the film adaptation does. I liked how the film leaned hard into the magical realism. Sacrificing some of the book’s horror aspects helped me not give up on the character. She’s a lot scarier in the book. Scarier like she’s losing more of herself. She becomes even weirder in the book, if I remember correctly. Her parenting is stranger - like she’s raising her toddler like a puppy because she really struggling and nothing else is working. The ending is also MUCH stranger than the film. It definitely affects her life - changes her parenting for the better. But at first she is perceived as a pretty major weirdo by her mommy friends and her old art world friends. I appreciate that the film didn’t destroy her life by the end. The surface level friendships with moms is kind of the point. The husband got to borrow a lot of my goodwill from Halt and Catch Fire. His character is very similar. It’s prob more magical realism than horror, but that’s not an official genre.
Happy New Year guys and I've always like Amy Adams as an actress so I'll definitely check this out one day.
Happy near year to you as well.
It definitely had a theatric release somewhere at least it was in the buy tickets now from my email but I knew it wouldn't play here so didn't clink on the link to even get an idea how far away it was playing from me.
Since I use Hulu for tv shows I don't get movie recommendations thanks for letting me know it is on Hulu. Was interested by the title when saw it in my email and Amy Adams. Not a parent but will definitely check it out.
So, is it more of a Shaggy DA body horror or a Howling body horror?
Very light on the body horror
happy new year guys! best wishes for 2025!
since you watch all other genres too, you should find time to see 'my old ass' - real nice feel good comin of age movie with aubrey plaza, very touching one
I almost watched it yesterday but i watched the preview and i was like : That's not an horror movie that's just a mom comedy. So i decided to put in the maybe later pile.
Fair
By the way. I imagine y’all have your NYE horror review prepped? But I do have two in mind for next time. Ghostkeeper (1981) and Time’s Up (2021) are slashers. You did a five minute review of Ghostkeeper. Felissa Rose and Dave Sheridan are in the second film I mentioned.
We have the kids, so we won’t be watching anything
Kind of funny how this was marketed as horror, when Netflix's "The Piano Lesson" is a full on horror/ghost story and they've gone out of their way to hide that fact.
Is the Piano Lesson good?
@gjh9299 I liked it, it's based on a really superb play.
Interesting
didn't know that - will check it out, thanks
It was a very good movie imo. A “woke” movie without BEING woke. As a male I perfectly understood and liked the message. The trasformations were just a little over the top and not completely needed imo but everything else was great and worth the journey. At the end is a love story both about herself and his husband. Amy carried the movie. She’s so great!
there's cat violence which makes it more unlikeable, woman on couch, you think killing cats in cute?? . Being childfree on purpose it looks horrifying. To me the Bobadook monster represents her grief from the loss of her husband
You’re accusing Kali of thinking animal violence is cute? Hahahahaha