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criminally underrated

posted 12 years ago by CrimsondoubleChin
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maybe being a child of the 90's my nostalgia factor plays a role in this feeling, but how is this film a 5.5 & crap like Hostel & the remake of Last house on the left are rated higher? I just don't get it. The fascination with the new torture porn horror baffles me. IKWYDLS was genuinely scary, not just gruesome. The actors were competent, which is more than I can say for most horror movies nowadays. The suspense and fright were there throughout. It had nice small town scenery, and a decent soundtrack. I miss the days of movies like this, Scream, The Faculty, hell I'd even take Urban Legend over most mainstream horror films these days.

[–] residentevil6901 8 years ago

I was just out of high school by a few years when this and Scream came out so I could still relate to being that age. I loved both movies, I give Scream the nod for the better movie but I still love this one. I think it's a little funny to read some of the comments on other threads where they say they used to like this movie but not anymore. I think it's funny they'll put the blame on the movie itself instead them themselves. A movie doesn't change / age, it's immortalized on film forever, only a person can change with time. Kind of makes me laugh they don't even realize their the one who's changed, not the movie.

[–] Melton (2531) 6 months ago

Yes but what’s happened is that they’ve grown up and realised that a good chunk of the film is ludicrous and poorly written. As a kid it works a charm, but as an adult you’re constantly like ‘wait, what?’

The killer reveal is uninspired and muddled, and in hindsight we’re asked to believe that a large man was able to quickly remove a corpse and a load of crabs from someone’s car trunk in a suburban area with nobody seeing. Then there are bizarre character moments like Barry suddenly grabbing Julie by the throat with barely a reaction from her boyfriend, and later he seriously believes that Freddie Prinz Jr, his goody two shoes best friend from school, is the one tormenting them 🤣

There are just too many dumb things that pull you out of the story, but there’s plenty to like about the film and I can see why kids love it. It’s very tame for a horror and probably could have been PG-13.

The iMDB rating has crept up to 5.8, personally I think that’s a fraction low and would just about bump it up to a 6.