This article contains spoilers for "weapons" and "skinmarink".

The concept of rot of rot that infects the community because of the hidden existence is by no means revolutionary, but a good director can make it feel fresh and new. Enter the co-founder of "Breetest Kids U'GNow", Zack Kreger, who appeared as a promising new face in the world of horror Underground nightmare in 2022 "Barbarian". Stiring his comedian sensibilities with a reasonable horror film about people who discover a basement for a labyrinth sexual torture, he could go away in a whole number of ways, but Creger took out a little miracle. It provides moments of catharsis, though it is never to the detriment of the horrors attacking his most vulnerable characters. Bold twists and turns that "Varvarian" provides my interest for whatever the movie Kreger will do next, and the "weapon" is well worth the wait.

/Gave the movie Chris Evangelista A glittering "weapon" overview, They call it exactly "twisted, funny and frightening suburban nightmare". There is much to be loved about the solo solo solo solo, from her wicked sense of humor to her tense atmosphere and effective scares. The story of a whole class of children mysteriously wakes up at 2:17 am and the disappearance without a trace is presented as a suburban fairy tale, not unlike something of Steven King's novel. The city of Maybrook, Pennsylvania, is used by a lack of answers about this mystery hanging over its head as a cloud of storm. Kreger uses a similar narrative structure to "Barbarian", showing more perspectives of character and how they deal with the consequences before gathering everyone in a crazy final.

For the first hour or so, we are just as in the dark as Justin (Iaulia Garner), Archer (Oshoshos Brolin) and Paul (Alden Ehreneich), but in the end a new player is revealed: Show-Zapen Amy Madigan like Aunt Gladis. Although it only appears in one blink-and you are shot in the trailer, The presence of Gladis penetrates the entire "weapon". She is an enigmatic witch with a colorful wardrobe that has been discovered to organize the disappearance of children through her young nephew Alex (Carrie Christopher), the only student in the hour of Justin who did not disappear. The perspective of Alex details of how Gladys eradicate his entire life and forced him to become her accomplice.

The horror of sadness and the meaning of intangible responses takes a very wicked form because the "weapon" turns into a portrait of childhood abuse. The themes present within Magnolia, "Picnic of Hang Rock" and "Glit" are embedded in the film, but also causes a recent horror film that makes my skin creep whenever I find myself in a dark space.

Kyle Edward Ball's "Skinamarink" is a viscerally disturbing nightmare whose sensory horrors swallow you. It is not the easiest movie for horror to recommend because its polarizing experimental nature depends on the mood, the environment and the atmosphere you see. I have often seen it as a movie where nothing happens, which can be no further than the truth. "Skinamarink" is a frightening experience in childhood regression that is evil for its core. It forces the viewer to succumb to lack of answers, to establish shots or the traditional narrative structure. But if you surrender to the waky ball nightmare, you will see a lot in the dark.

Skinamarink follows four -year -old Kevin (Lucas Paul) and six -year -old Kailey (whether Rose Tetreul) while waking up in the middle of the night to discover that all windows and doors have disappeared. They are trapped in the house, whose only real light source is the television that plays nasty cartoons in public domain. You never see their faces, as the ball camera always catches them from blurred, offkiller corners.

The merger of white noise and almost understandable dialogue makes you feel disoriented as these children. However, it all becomes even more disturbing, when the threatening stripped voice begins to talk to them through the failed darkness. It seems playful as long as it's not much. Why? Because flawless form can do something for everything he wants. As part of the Blair Witch Project, Skinamarink is not just one of the best horror films of the 2020s, but one of the worst films I've seen the period - largely because it captures what feels like it feels so helpless, and no one comes to save you. The world is too big to understand and will hit (and will strike hard) if it feels like it

Part of what makes "Skinamarink" so interesting about dissection is its ambiguity. There is Story there if you look out forBut there are a lot of readings that you could apply to it. One interpretation is that it is a frightening meditation for childhood abuse by a parasitic figure, which enters the lives of children by bothering them in a space they can never leave. Sound known? The "Weapons" may not be as avant -garde as the Ball film, but the two share a similar disturbing thematic follow -up.

Lily's residence is gradually revealed as the epicenter of the "weapon", with young Alex as his unprepared guardian. Although the third act quite solves the mystery of who, where, what and why, even more horror comes out of the shadows with the takeover of Gladis. She is a guest at the house of hell that seems to be unable to leave. Akin of "Skinamarink", Alex wakes up to discover that his parents with a UKOV (Witmer Thomas and Kali Footer) are gone, not so physically, but mentally. They are trapped in the frozen state in which everything they can do is whatever they do Gladis. By showing the degree of her abilities (and what will happen in Alex does not play according to her rules), she makes them constantly stabbed in the face with forks. In "Skinamarink", Kaili does not do as she was told, missing her mother and dad so that the entity removes her mouth - and therefore her agency. Doors and windows in the "weapons" may not disappear, but they are strongly coated in the newspaper. Alex can Go out of his house but he can never real Leave Its dominance. It is a different state of constant darkness.

Gladis exposes all the traits of committing childhood abuse, including, but not limited to, sharpening Alex from potential social life, forcing him to be the guardian of his parents, to lie when the figures of social services come to visit them and most importantly, neglect. It even burdens with the weight of responsibility for its entire class to be attracted to the basement. Only through their continuous hypnotic presence is it able to rejuvenate its power. Kreger is not so subtle in the devil's devil, and with the "Witch" mark painted on Justin's car and the presence of parasites as the theme of the curriculum. Gladis concluded not only on Alex, but of the children and the sadness they spread with their absence.

All other characters in the "weapons" frantically seek answers to a situation where they cannot begin to understand the volume of. That's where the horror of the film comes from - that is, until we see the invisible scars of Alex's condition. He may not be under the hypnosis of Gladis, but he is certainly dead as his classmates in the basement. Justin can say that there is something off With her student, but he initially can't see the terror as anger in it.

The "weapon" wisely ends up on an unusual reminder that just because you torn a witch into pieces of bare hands, that doesn't mean physical and mental wounds heal. We are all just visitors to each other's trauma. He repeatedly repeated the emotional terror of Skinamarink, which I think will make it a great accompanying piece.

The "weapon" is now playing in the theaters.