What’s Aged the Best?
House; insects; repeat-viewing clues; score; Dowd; classroom homage
In the discussion (8)
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- The secluded Utah house, treehouse, driveway and Annie’s work area are praised as ideal horror real estate and an appealing place to live.
- Ants and flies remain effective horror devices, with personal aversions to insects and rodents compared.
- Repeated viewing exposes funeral cult members, the grandmother’s wishes, the bird, pole and card clues; comparison with The Sixth Sense’s twist-driven appeal is disputed.
- The film caps a formative A24 run that introduced filmmakers and lasting audience favorites.
- The unsettling score’s creaks and sounds create dread without functioning as ordinary listening music.
- Peter’s head-slamming is effective sudden self-injury horror, though later films copying the device can also make it feel overused.
- Dowd’s run through this film, The Leftovers and The Handmaid’s Tale is praised as a dark trio, with a college-dorm tangent.
- The classroom staging is admired as a Halloween homage, including the window placement.