When I first sat down to watch this film, I really was
expecting a strong horror aspect to it. Of course, my horror aspect is based
off of countless viewings of SAW and Halloween, so this film made me think of
horror in a more artistic way. Since I was not able to hear anything besides
the music, I had to become more engaged in the visuals themselves. What I
noticed was that the sets and scenery were very sharp (literally, like
triangles) and dream-like. In context of this being all a hallucination, it
definitely helps create an unreal quality to the film. The sets are also
imperfectly painted, which makes the eeriness of the actions seem even more
peculiar. Everything seems extremely unrealistic, but if it were made to look
very realistic, it wouldn’t create that sense of unease that is necessary for
an audience that can focus only on the images right in front of them without
assisting dialogue and sound. Once knowing the twist ending, the unnatural
visuals themselves seemed to serve a larger purpose. This film was not
frightening in the least, but definitely created tons of eeriness through its
visuals alone.
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