asterisk8 said:
The Devil's Backbone - 7.5/10
I really liked this film. Unsurprisingly, a lot young people who loved Pan's Labyrinth found this film "boring" and "not scary". Proof that expectations color perception. How some of these same people can enjoy the unremittingly boring Paranormal Activity movies boggles my mind. Apparently extended shots of empty rooms is more entertaining than a well-paced drama about loneliness and abandonment. And jump scares are cooler than existential horror, I guess.
I've never seen The Devil's Backbone, but you sure hit the nail on the head in regards to Paranormal activity; how such an unscary, unartistic, simplistic bore can be so popular boggles the mind.
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Another Earth (2011) - 6.8/10
Star Trek: First Contact (1996) - 5/10
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) - 6/10
Repulsion (1965) - 6/10