_Robert_ wrote:
Looks like it may be a good one. I like the genre to a point. Movies that are so relentless with dread, terror, violence, horror, _______, just desensitize me and I don’t care what happens at some point. This is typically what happens in sequels.

It has a couple jump scares but it’s more about weirdness than scares and gore. W…[Read more]

Looks like it may be a good one. I like the genre to a point. Movies that are so relentless with dread, terror, violence, horror, _______, just desensitize me and I don’t care what happens at some point. This is typically what happens in sequels.

That therapist looks like she is going to need some therapy.

PopeBeanie wrote:
I think I watched the trailer before because of Natalie being in it, but didn’t follow through. The audio effects alone were “manipulative”, and I mean it sets people up for dread. Very effectively, IMO.

Fiction minus manipulation. Gee… I wonder how that would work(?).

Having written some fiction, I can tell you it’s all a…[Read more]

I’ll bet you’ve seen this one before. In case you’re feeling down recently, this might help? (I did a search to see if it’s been linked to here before, but I didn’t see one.)

Turn on captions, and set translation to Auto, English.

And then from a mature therapist’s perspective…

I think I watched the trailer before because of Natalie being in it, but didn’t follow through. The audio effects alone were “manipulative”, and I mean it sets people up for dread. Very effectively, IMO. I’m just not into that. But I do generally like dark movies, especially dark comedies.

So “no” to your question again. This movie is obvious…[Read more]

BTW, in case you’re clueless as to what Annihilation is all about, here is a trailer. It is based on a best-selling novel of the same name. It is sci fi, but it is very intelligent sci fi.