Agreed that the opening was fantastic, and I thought the owner and flashback bits were great as well. I really only disliked the parts with the super strength ‘monster’. The tonal shift from high tension to cartoonish violence undermined the strong introduction.

Weapons was far better as the tonal shift worked better and the over the top ending seemed more ‘real’ in the setting.

Well that’s certainly a take. I watched it for the 2nd time recently and I think it’s a pretty solid flick that has a lot to say. I think the absolute absurdity it descends into was supposed to be part of the point, but I also like movies that are completely over the top - like Beau Is Afraid.

I still haven’t checked out Weapons yet but I keep hearing good things.

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Well… Sorry I recommended it? 😅

I’m sad that you hated it! But to each their own.

I had exactly the same feeling. I really enjoyed it up until the first death, everything that happens after that had been already done better by other films.

On the other hand, I saw Weapons by the same director and enjoyed it very much (ymmv).

I thought the first half was interesting, how it subverted a lot of horror tropes and really played on the normal subtleties of human interaction. The second half definitely felt like a weird Whitest Kids sketch.

One of my most shameful boners tbh.

This movie really helped reinforce my idea of going into movies blind.

Well he did have a gallon of pcp