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Trailers killed any excitement for this

posted 2 years ago by GingerbreadPimp (1767)
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Not because it looks bad, but because they showed the whole movie.

It definitely looked bad

[–] GingerbreadPimp (1767) 2 years ago

I didn't think it looked terrible, it did look very jump scare heavy though which I'm not a fan of.

Wouldn't it have been scarier if the kid didn't use a phone to talk to dead kids and the little girl trying to save him didn't have telepathy?

I think a based in reality kidnapping would be way scarier than having paranormal/sci-fi? elements added

[–] GingerbreadPimp (1767) 2 years ago

A based in reality kindapping could be seen in bad taste by a lot of people.

[–] MartyDeniro (4043) 2 years ago

They all do that now.

[–] acidraindrop (3055) 2 years ago

Pretty much all 80s movies trailers were like this.

[–] AP (5256) 2 years ago

The 70s too. I’ve seen 70s movie trailers give away what seemed like huge spoilers.

[–] acidraindrop (3055) 2 years ago

Oh really? lmao, I'm not as familiar. So I guess that probably was the norm. Now, studios are a bit more creative with their editing and fakeouts.

[–] jakemon45 (969) 2 years ago

I mean, I haven't see the whole movie yet so I don't know if the trailer showed the whole thing or not. However, for me, I'm more excited about the movie than I was before.

[–] HarlemEagle42 (16140) 2 years ago

I thought the same thing when it first dropped. Wtf happened to trailer editing?