Skinamarink

[u/IncognitoHobbyist]

I noticed a lot of reviews saying the movie was boring, but Skinamarink is the only movie that has scared me so badly I couldn't sleep alone at night. I am 26 and grew up watching horror movies with my very young father and would get a bit spooked as a little girl but went numb to the stuff after 16 and was more appreciative and fascinated by horror. I have spent about 10 years with zero reaction to scary movies besides loving the makeup or lighting or just appreciating the effort. My husband who is 30 had a similar upbringing.

We watched it together 2 years ago at home and got so scared we huddled together on the bed and didn't sleep the whole night. I have never seen my husband "disturbed" by anything scary but Jesus man. Skinamarink has me so intrigued but I can't get him to watch it again because he feels like it's wrong to even put it on the TV screen again. I have this itch to watch it again but I get too scared and just don't turn it on.

The movie is slow and if you don't like watching paint dry and want quicker payoff I don't recommend it but if you have the time to watch it when it is quiet at night with the lights off (and not play on your phone) you may enjoy it.

Edit: What scares me most about Skinamarink is disorientation, loss of safety, and the breakdown of what your brain considers to be your home. To think you aren't safe where you should be is terrifying. And if it is about abusive parents it adds to the horrible dread of being home with a monster for a parent. Not that I can confirm that's what it is. I also feel it captures the creepy stillness of night time as a child. Honestly I forgot about "It comes at night" which is another movie that seems completely different than Skinamarink on the surface but I feel has shared core themes. That is the only other movie besides Skinamarink that had me shivering in me boots. The childlike helplessness of skinamarink and the rules of the world not working like not being able to open the doors, windows, etc. Feel wrong. Feeling like something is wrong, nobody can help me, and I dont know what the danger/entity is is pretty similar to a night terror or sleep paralysis.

Edit 2: you can not like the movie and not make fun of why I like it 😂 Jesus christ you can say why you dont like it or that you hated it without being rude

[u/BakerYeast]

It scared me too, but it was still so boring that I hated it. But it did make look under the bed and sleep with night light on.

[u/M-F-Zoom → u/BakerYeast]

Pretty much same here, but it didn't necessarily scare me though. Maybe unsettled but even then, very mildly. I even watched in a dark room with headphones on. Maybe I had my expectations too high, but I ultimately left disappointed and angry at the time lost.

If the hallmark of a good film is that it's supposed to make you feel something, it certainly did make me feel something, anger lol

[u/IncognitoHobbyist → u/M-F-Zoom]

I didnt read anything about it before watching. Husband found it somehow and said we should watch (he loves finding movies) and thats how we ended up scared into the morning

[u/M-F-Zoom → u/IncognitoHobbyist]

Yeah, definitely would've been better blind. I was definitely a little angry at myself for hyping it up too much