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Terrific writeup here. As a big fan of horror-westerns (or southern-gothic, what-have-you...) I was just eating this up, can't wait to see it, bring it on, it's about time, etc....until I read:
<<generally allows the characters to remain unsuspecting of the supernatural elements and dangerous situation they are in until itÂ’s too late in a manner that doesn't beggar belief. Characters perish while performing logical actions and often alone, leaving the others in the literal dark as to what may be happening around them and to their partners.>>
Okay. I still want to check this out--I WILL check this out--but I gotta vent here cuz this is a pet peeve of mine. I just find it so much STRONGER, so much more INVOLVING, when we have the same POV as the protagonists. This is one of the reasons I've never really gotten into slasher films--that parade of oblivious victims simply carries monotony for me, and NO suspense. I don't identify.
You have a group of people...they get killed individually...with no mounting accumulation of knowledge, i.e. group terror, survival. We therefore cannot "share" in that group terror--we're just not in the same boat. Make sense? Just imagine THE HAUNTING, either version of THE THING, or any other horror film involving an isolated group, if it were to proceed with individuals isolated and killed one after another. Part of the fun of MINDHUNTERS (yes, I saw it; yes, it was fun--I'll post something later) was that the group was scrambling to survive, to outwit the killer who MAY BE among them.
However, I'm glad there IS a point where they become aware of what's happening to them. I just hope it doesn't come TOO late.
At any rate, great review, and (I SWEAR) I still look forward to it.
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