I was lucky enough to watch this film knowing absolutely nothing at all. Kind of like exploring a giant cave for the first time with a dim flashlight. You really have to watch out for the pitfalls that you don't know are there yet.
It's hard to see a film years after it's released and not know anything about it. But if you don't, I do not want to reveal anything if you have not read other reviews. All I'll reveal is that there's no actual horror - some violence, yes - and virtually no blood. And I wouldn't say that there's actually terror, as in "Alien" or "The Thing"; or deranged killers like Stanley Tucci's character in "The Lovely Bones", which had me nearly trembling. But it is most definitely creepy and chilling; more and more so as you keep watching. If it was real and you were one of those people, you would be suffering from paranoia beyond belief.
As far as trying to keep things straight, the best thing to do in order to get all loose ends tied up is to watch it more than once: ie, like watching "Dark" for the first time, or the incredible "The Ninth Configuration", Stacy Keach's best movie. Because like these two offerings, once you really get it, it's great fun watching it additional times, when you already know what's really going on. It's one of those kinds of movies.
It's hard to see a film years after it's released and not know anything about it. But if you don't, I do not want to reveal anything if you have not read other reviews. All I'll reveal is that there's no actual horror - some violence, yes - and virtually no blood. And I wouldn't say that there's actually terror, as in "Alien" or "The Thing"; or deranged killers like Stanley Tucci's character in "The Lovely Bones", which had me nearly trembling. But it is most definitely creepy and chilling; more and more so as you keep watching. If it was real and you were one of those people, you would be suffering from paranoia beyond belief.
As far as trying to keep things straight, the best thing to do in order to get all loose ends tied up is to watch it more than once: ie, like watching "Dark" for the first time, or the incredible "The Ninth Configuration", Stacy Keach's best movie. Because like these two offerings, once you really get it, it's great fun watching it additional times, when you already know what's really going on. It's one of those kinds of movies.