Is Obsession really a masterpiece? Well … we shall see.
I haven’t yet seen the movie, but here are three reasons why I hesitate to hop on the bandwagon:
Hereditary
It Follows
The Babadook
All of those movies were hailed as modern horror-movie classics. I watched all of them. What do I remember about them?
Hereditary: I recall a scene involving a child and a severed head (I think) caused by a car accident. I remember it had a surrealistic ending.
It Follows: I recall the lower-class, grungy Detroit setting, and I remember naked old people.
The Babadook: I recall family drama involving a mother and her child, and I remember ghostly shadows on a ceiling.
I admired all of those movies, but I didn’t love them and certainly didn’t think of them as modern horror-movie classics.
You have to understand that when I came of age, I went to the movies and saw The Exorcist, The Shining, Halloween and movies of that ilk. Now those were modern horror-movie classics.
Maybe I’m wrong about Obsession. Time will tell, but I’m not optimistic.
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I made the above post seven years ago. Despite the recent hoopla about UFOs and secret government files, I still feel like we haven’t been given anywhere near enough information.
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Whatever happened to this guy “LandumC”? I enjoyed his YouTube channel, but he seems to have vanished for the past nine months. Come back, LandumC.
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