What’s Aged the Worst?
Weaker final 40 percent; low-budget effects and stunt work
In the discussion (4)
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- The first 60 percent is better than the last 40: the setup of people gradually realizing something is wrong beats the fix-it ending, and this is agreed.
- Very few horror movies do both setup and payoff; The Exorcist and The Shining are the examples.
- With a 2021 budget of 10 million instead of 1.5 the effects would be better; in the séance Patrick Wilson visibly jumps backward, overselling like 80s pro wrestling.
- One participant thinks the movie has aged pretty well and still works.