What’s Aged the Worst?
Spoiler-heavy trailer; Claire staying in the house; Norman missing the possession; limited eroticism; student-attraction premise; empty-nester framing.
In the discussion (6)
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- The trailer is condemned for revealing that Norman is suspicious and showing Claire’s possession, which drains suspense from the twist.
- Remaining in the house after repeated frightening events is called reckless enough to make Claire responsible for her danger.
- Norman is criticized for taking too long to recognize that his wife is possessed.
- The film is considered too unerotic to function as the erotic thriller suggested by its marketing.
- The idea that a student’s attraction to Norman would be rare is rejected because Harrison Ford’s appeal makes that premise implausible.
- The script’s treatment of Claire as an empty nester without an identity is called insufficiently delicate.