Suggest a good movie…
Suggest a good movie…
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- spl33nidoru3
As a teen I was afraid to watch The Vanishing (original 1988 version).
Had been genuinely disturbed by other movies, and Kubrick considering it to be one the most terrifying films he had seen cemented that feeling and my reluctance to watch it.Gave it a go in my 30s and got a bad feeling right from the start, and quickly turned it off haha.
Finally watched it last night on Criterion and it turned out to not at all be the film I had pictured.
Can definitely recommend it if you like thrillers, just stay away from trailers and summaries, they totally spoil it.
- I've watched it as a kid, maybe it would not hit me this hard if I watched is as an adult. Truth is: I've watched it only once, and I still remember it, well...rzu-rzu
- ...the last scenerzu-rzu
- Absolute classic. If you want a weird case study on how directors dumb things down for American markets, watch both. The original goes in this thread.garbage
- The director's own 1993 remake goes in "Suggest a bad movie".garbage
- Totally is a powerful film, I was just surprised at how "welcoming" the form was, very engaging. Was expecting something very dry and hostile.spl33nidoru
- Thanks garbage, def curious about his remake, though it sounds like it could almost ruin the original!spl33nidoru
- Can't ruin the original, but you'll see what I mean.garbage
- I don't really enjoy horror films as much as I used to but from what I recall this was good. It can be interpreted more as a commentary on obsession thanyuekit
- just a standard horror.yuekit
- Agreed. I would say the genius of it is it's a reverse thriller. The villain is immediately exposed, and then watch a man become..garbage
- ..absolutely consumed by some mystery that the viewer has already solved, but somehow still kills you with the ending.garbage