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this is, to date, the only horror movie to make me cry. i've watched the most disgusting, gorey, and heartbreaking horror films, but kids hurting and being scared hits too close to home.
When I was a toddler, I was super scared of everything. One day my parents left to go mushroom hunting and were gone longer than they had ever been. I remember my sister calling me to come watch a movie to try to comfort me because I was so afraid they’d never come back. I haven’t seen Skinamarink, but just based on the clips I’ve seen, I think it’d feel exactly like that.
That kind of what the movie is about. It's about the dread that comes from realizing that your family is what keeps you safe and recognizing your vulnerability for the first time. And the way the story is told is like a half memory of a traumatic experience remembered by someone too innocent to really know what needs to be remembered.
Unpopular opinion, but... I really hate the whole coma theory angle. I don't want to say it's too neat, because that's not quite it. But it basically removes the actual horror from the scenario. It doesn't matter how tragic the circumstances of the dream/coma are - it's still taking a bunch of horrific stuff and saying that it didn't actually happen. I dunno, I just think that all of these events literally happening is infinitely more disturbing because of the implications of that.
I think a coma is plausible for this one, either that or it's about the horrors of losing your child to cancer (specifically brain cancer in this context). I think the things in the movie aren't completely dream made and are rather filtered into a nightmare
One big hole in the coma theory is how the TV switches off right as the family is returning from bringing Kevin to the hospital. They wouldn’t have left Kaylee there since the mother wasn’t in the picture, so it had to be the entity. There are also scenes purely from Kaylee’s perspective (particularly, the visions of their mother in the parents’ room), which wouldn’t make sense if this was Kevin’s coma dream
Yeah, I enjoy viewing this as the worst fears of a little kid coming to life. This reminds me so much of having insomnia as a child, I was afraid of dying or anything solid, it was abstract fears and the idea *something* was in the dark waiting to get me. From what I've seen that's what this movie captures best, those abstract but very real fears you had as a kid. I'm not a fan of solid theories for this movie simply bc I like it more as an expierence, not as something with an absolute story.
Hi there, I'd like to start off this reply by saying that your opinion is totally valid, but I'd like you to consider that weather the events of the movie "really" happened or not isn't the be all and end all of the horror. I've been in a coma, albeit a medically induced one. I spent a full 2 months of my life constantly unsure if I was awake or asleep, never able to trust what my senses seemed to be telling me. I was basically in a constant state of being almost asleep- where the stimuli around you warp in ways that seem completely real in the moment, but are obviously uncanny on reflection. Even if the events of this movie happens entirely "inside the kid's head", and he wakes up after, I can assure you that the experience will leave scars. I haven't seen the full movie, but just watching the clips feels a lot like trying to remember those 'lost' months of my life. Probably because of my experience, I find the thought of the monster being real less scary than the alternative. I know no children haven been locked in their house by a mysterious entity, but this being the frantic workings of a child's mind trying futility to understand what's going on is a viscerally real possibility. Idk, maybe I just needed to trauma dump tonight, and I'm not in any way trying to start a fight, or even saying you're wrong. I just thought I might be able to give a unique perspective on this film.
i love skinamarink, i think its so great. it reminds me of how overly anxious i was (and honestly still am) about everything, the dark being the worst part of that. it reminded me of all those childhood fears and anxieties, it was kinda trippy. you should totally cover more analogue horror here btw
I couldn't really relate to the nostalgia aspect of the movie personally, but it definitely terrified me. I would dare say that's the scariest movie I have ever watched. I do agree that it drags a bit, especially in the begining, and at around 20 minutes I was considering dropping it, but I'm glad I didn't. I also feel like the viewing experience benifited by me watching it alone in a dark room. The face staring back at me in the end was of course the highlight and I had never felt such horror in my life before. One thing I particularly like about this movie is how it messes with you psycologically. Not only do you see thngs that aren't there due to the reasons mentioned in the video, but you also stay in these uncomfortable scenes for so long, that by the point you move to a different shot you wish to go back to the previous scene because, terrifying as it was, it had grown familiar to you.
I’m 27, I’ve watched horrors for the best part of 20 years and this is the only film to ever truly terrify me, it’s absolutely horrific and there’s some scenes in this film that you just can’t remove from your brain, it scars you for life. Deeply terrifying film and if you truly understand this then you would feel the same way.
I *hate* any form of "it was a coma" theory Multiple people have said that being in a coma was like sleeping and you can hear things. When it's something that multiple people have said "this is what it is" then it's really frustrating to see someone go "okay, but what if we did the exact opposite"
Just stumbled across this account and jeez bro you are really interesting and i LOVVVVEEE the horror and the explanations also homie gained 20k subs within two months like what
the true horror of skinamarink is knowing you'll never get the time back you spent watching it. Yes, I 100% agree the atmosphere is spooky. The director did a fantastic job capturing the feeling he was going for. But 2 hours of atmosphere and literally nothing else is a hard sell, no matter how well it's captured.
I'm one of those people who loved Skinimarink because it reminded me of my childhood. I was an incredibly paranoid kid. I'm not even sure what kickstarted it, but the dark and being alone petrified me. Every night before i would go to sleep I would go around the house and make sure all the windows and doors where locked. If i had to get out of bed as night, I would have to imagine that whatever monster was under my bed was asleep so I could feel safe getting up. Sometimes I just would stay up for hours in bed, just staring into the dark afraid that shutting my eyes would make me vulnerable. This movie was kid me's worst fears come to life.
Yep, I was and still kinda am the same way. Checked all the rooms, closets, under the bed and made sure everything was shut. When I slept I never faced the wall, because otherwise I was too afraid to turn around and end up face to face with someone. To this day, at the age of 20, I still refuse to sleep with my limbs outside of the bed and always close the bedroom door after myself when I leave to brush my teeth, incase someone decides to enter my room haha Even when I walk to the bathroom or toilet I quickly turn on the lights and when I’m done, run to my bed and under the safety of my covers haha
If you want a much shorter version of Skinamarink the creator apparently has a short film on RU-vid called Heck which was a kind of proof of concept for the film.
I'm actually quite reassured that Skinamarink has got a more mixed reception now. There was a patch when everyone seemed to be raving about it and loving it and it made me wonder if we'd watched the same film. Not because I didn't like the film - I think it's great. But it's just about the most niche horror movie I can think of, and I found it really hard to imagine that it'd have that kind of mass appeal.
i do really like when films are complicated and not everyone likes them. or if you like some parts but not all. i dont want there to be a perfect movie
I'm so glad you covered this film as not many have. I had an episode of sleep paralysis when I was a kid (just one) and another event where I was either lucid dreaming or sleep walking. To this day I truly dont know. Both of these events remained buried but this film brought back those feelings of absolute terror. I've only been able to watch it once because the thought of entering that headspace again is too daunting.
I mean you can both sleepwalk and have a lucid dream, can’t you? A lucid dream just means you’re aware you’re dreaming. If you were knew you were dreaming you know you were asleep. If you were awake and aware, you weren’t sleepwalking or dreaming.
Just watched Skinamarink the other night with my dad at his suggestion, since after watching the TRAILER he was too creeped out to watch it alone. I love horror media, but it’s been such a long time since I’ve actually come away from a horror movie genuinely afraid like I did with this one. If you happen to be watching and haven’t seen the movie I implore you to check it out, I could gush about it for hours.
Yesterday I was just chilling in bed watching your video on when the wind blows and started drifting off Then this video played and my brain merged the two while I was stuck in between sleeping and being awake and I was actually horrified when I woke up and couldn’t exactly pinpoint it I as a 19 year old couldn’t leave my room without my phone and every light on
I haven't seen the film because I'd need to pay for another subscription to another thing, but i remember hated having baths or showers because when i finished, both my parents would be downstairs and all of the lights upstairs would be off, so i would need to walk down a corridor to turn the light on, even then i would shake a cry because i was paranoid a face would slowly apear from the corner of the corridor, ever since ive always had baths in the morning
I've dealt with sleep paralysis my whole life and while it's fluctuated in frequency (now it's once every week or two, it used to be almost everry night) the fact that I KNOW when I'm stuck in sleep paralysis only makes my imagination go nuts even more...luckily(?) my husband is also used to it, and he knows now when I start moaning in my sleep it means I'm stuck in sleep paralysis again and so he'll lightly whack me awake. He says my moaning sounds like a "bleating goat" though and that it really freaked him out the first time he heard it, and he won't stop teasing me about it even ten years later :nervous laugh: tl;dr sleep paralysis sucks
Thisis the only movie that I feel genuenly upset me and made me feel... real... genuine... horror. For weeks after that I felt awful, like I felt hollow and changed. I mean obviously I feel fine now, but it really stuck with me. Edit: Ok fuck I'm realizing how just seeing clips and shots of this movie in this video makes me nausous lol.
Its all a dream is the laziest story you can write and the most lazy theory you cn superimpose on a story. I find it really insulting to writers who write a compelling story only to have everythin invalidated because mc drank a glass of milk and went to bed half way through the story so therefore everything past that point is a fever dream caused by spoiled milk.
Coma theory would be the most disappointing one tbh-it’s tragic, but it’s honestly *boring* compared to the infinite possibilities that the supernatural gives.
I tried showing this movie to two other people once at a movie night. One person got impatient and walked out, the other stayed until the end but could not figure out what they just watched.
I have always been scared of darkness. Now as an adult i can sleep in a dark room with no light from the windows but there must be a little bit of light coming from under my door. This movies reminded me of times when i was alone as a child in the night whilst my dad was still at work. Although i would be in the living room and the kight is on, the fact that the rest of the house was dark terrified me. I watched this movies in broad daylight and it still brought me chills. I was anxious and uncomfortable the whole time. But it really got my skipping beats when it showed the sister's face. Faceless humans is probably my phobia. I will never forget the trauma Doctor Who gave me hahhahahahahaha
i cant really understand the sadness in someone who you dont know, especially a kid, and especially if theyll just grow up into someone whos a part of the problem anyways. the problem that devolves into many others. i just hate kids and even more so those who decide to have a kid in their early to mid 20s while still financially struggling
watching (well. listening to) this video specifically because i CANNOT watch skinamarink i already have a phobia specifically revolving around this exact thing happening to me and watching it would Not be a good idea for my mental health lol. a little mad cuz it sounds really good and i love weird niche movies but like i value my sanity too much for that
An hour is way too short. I think shortening the movie by 10-15 minutes by shortening the dead moments that are only there to build up dread would dramatically change the movie. Shortening by 40 minutes would make this story that takes place over nearly two years to fly by at a break neck pace
I don't really get why people say this movie doesn't have a traditional story. That's not really true. The only thing missing from the story is a resolution and it kind of does depending on interpretation of the ending. It has the introdution where we meet the characters then are introduced to the antagonists and his powers as well as the stakes of the movie. We have the rising action where the toilet is taken away, kaylee loses her face, and kevin loses an eye. Then we have the climax where the monster lures kevin into an abyss where he keeps him for two years roughly. Then we have the resolution where Kevin and Kaylee are reunited and kevin asks to watch something happy now. There is a full traditional western story here it's just told unconventionally.
I forced my horror crazed cousin to watch it with me, we learned that night that I am the phycological horror fan and she much more prefers thriller. Me and her are the perfect showing of some people love it and others don’t.
I wish this movie did absolutely anything for me. Personally I found it to be an interminable slog. Honestly I’m fine with the retro quality, but I don’t know how I’m supposed to care about a story where the characters rarely speak and are always off camera. How am I gonna feel scared for these kids when I go an entire film without ever seeing them emote or *do* anything?
This movie was the first to genuinely scare me, and really keep me in that fear, in a long time. A lot of horror movies either rely on jumpscares, or dont build an atmosphere that can scare me. However this one actually made it difficult to for me to fall asleep the following night. Most of the fear might have come from the fact that i had stayed up all night, and watched this at like 4am, but it definitely made an impact on me.
"its creepy because they dont show the bad guy or the kid's face!!!" Minutes later: "So the demon's face is shown, and then the kid's face is shown, and its so creepy!" Decide on one mate
That "I want to play" at 3:20 immediately made me think of that one X-Files episode with the demonic doll. I have to admit, the resulting blended mental image was actually kinda hilarious.
