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 unique horror movie that makes the most of atmosphere and tension to throw the audience into this disturbing supernatural experience."

The atmosphere created in this film is more than just immediately unsettling. It feels, as the situations get darker and bleaker, almost as if we are watching something we have no business laying eyes on. Like a fever dream you can’t quite shake.

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.