A little kid wakes up in the middle of night to the sound of his mom's television blaring.A little kid wakes up in the middle of night to the sound of his mom's television blaring.A little kid wakes up in the middle of night to the sound of his mom's television blaring.
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Strangely, this short movie goes further than Skinamarink, despite being, basically, a proof of concept for it. In an attempt to depict an alien, hostile space, Heck reaches the logical conclusion: an enemy must go! It's as simple as that. Cosmic horror isn't just about large spaces and invisible but very powerful Skinamarinks in the wardrobe. Being alive is inhumane -- because at some point you can get a bit too alive. Both of these pieces feature a lot of toys and cereal -- something that used to bring happiness to children, but when times are dire, these inanimate objects (which can't experience fear of death and generally be influenced in any real way) envoke either envy or, in the worst case, fear -- once they abandon their eventless, withdrawn life and adhere to the evil will of a monster (even when, you know, usually it was you to whom your thing used to bring comfort). Only in this case (and this, again, makes Heck a more conceptually complete and profound work for me), even the mum is reduced to an inanimate, eventless object, just as any other person would be, because what can they do with a problem which exists in one's body -- and is thus, most probably, totally inaccessible?
Probably, the evolution towards what we have in Skinamarink was inevitable, since a full-length movie might be a bit more conventional if it has an enemy after all (and that is: something openly malevolent and separate, that can offer some screamers and make characters hurt themselves). But for me, it's precisely what Heck has for such an entity, that makes this title more profound, if somewhat less thrilling. An enemy (?) which doesn't even need to do anything, because your body can perfectly do that on its own -- basically, it's the very laws of existence that fulfil the monster's job.
And this all rhymes perfectly with Kyle Edward Ball's general method; he can show a wall and make some watch the screen through their fingers. Ineffectual and pretentious, you say? He could make a 2 hours long movie which went viral thanks to TikTok, i.e. Its users could make it through 2 hours of walls and feel something, so it's most probably more than that.
Probably, the evolution towards what we have in Skinamarink was inevitable, since a full-length movie might be a bit more conventional if it has an enemy after all (and that is: something openly malevolent and separate, that can offer some screamers and make characters hurt themselves). But for me, it's precisely what Heck has for such an entity, that makes this title more profound, if somewhat less thrilling. An enemy (?) which doesn't even need to do anything, because your body can perfectly do that on its own -- basically, it's the very laws of existence that fulfil the monster's job.
And this all rhymes perfectly with Kyle Edward Ball's general method; he can show a wall and make some watch the screen through their fingers. Ineffectual and pretentious, you say? He could make a 2 hours long movie which went viral thanks to TikTok, i.e. Its users could make it through 2 hours of walls and feel something, so it's most probably more than that.
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- hvsams
- Mar 16, 2024
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