Skinamarink

By the end I was more bored than frightened.

It’s an unsettling Rorschach test with a haunting ending that will settle in the pit of your stomach like a stone. But it can be a polarizing experience that pushes the limits of patience.

Taps into a primal fear of a child waking up in the night finding the things they take comfort (home, toys, cartoons) twisted into something nightmarish in the dark.

It's only January, but this might be the most divisive horror movie of 2023 if people actually go see it. I might hate it myself; it's kind of hard to tell.

The images appear to be the tip of an iceberg, but there’s no iceberg beneath them.

As impressive as this experiment in terror can be, it’s too sparse to earn its runtime.

Skinamarink is a vessel for the brain’s most frightening hallucinations. It’s not about what you actually see but what could be there.

"Skinamarink", with its evocative visuals directly from our childhood horror dreams, is a standout among successfully disturbing found-footage films.

Director Kyle Edward Ball, inspired by a more than striking debut, offers a work that immerses you in the singular, the disturbing, and the terrifying. [Full review in Spanish]

Even though [Skinamarink] has cemented its place as one of my favourite releases of 2023, I almost feel I'd have better odds playing Russian roulette with a fully loaded gun than finding someone to recommend it to who'd actually enjoy it.