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(The Shape Of Water)

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1. I was on board from the get-go, mainly because the whole "I can't see what you're seeing" thing is always an instant creep-out for me.

2. Jay. I thought she came off as really believable and didn't fall into the usual 'helpless female horror protagonist' tropes. I liked how she took initiative and sort of enlisted her friends in avoiding/destroying the entity rather than just sitting and crying while watching everyone get slaughtered.

3. It's such a short scene but the one where her friend is standing in the doorway and this ridiculously tall guy just ducks through the door behind her is one of my favourites. I love any horror villain that is threatening just by being there and being silent without the whole jumpscare screaming/shrieking/running towards the camera thing that a lot of horrors use these days.

I was always a bit iffy about the hospital sex scene. Like, I get the practical reason behind it, but I just kept thinking "surely someone would notice?"

4. No complaints about the soundtrack at all. The main theme is pitch-perfect to me and stuck in my head ever since I hear it.

5. As I posted in another comment, I loved the camera use here. I spent the whole time looking out for people that looked like they might be walking in Jay's direction and it really added to the sense of paranoia.

Overall this is one of my absolute favourite horrors of recent years. It's really nice to see some subtlety and ambiguity rather than RAAAAWR SCARY SCREAMY JUMPSCARES. I feel like some of the stuff that wasn't explained (like the entity appearing as Jay's dad towards the end) just added to the mystery of it.

I feel like some of the stuff that wasn't explained (like the entity appearing as Jay's dad towards the end) just added to the mystery of it.

Oh - I have face-recognition problems and didn't get that at all! Yes, that's really unnerving, especially as the monster appeared to Gus as his mother.

Don't feel bad, I didn't catch it until my second watch! I know the thing was just trying to avoid entering the pool, but the way it was just throwing shit at Jay while looking like her dad instead of just waiting for her to come out gave me abusive parent vibes. It could have looked like anyone, but in that exact situation it chose to look like her dad. Also the way Jay says "I don't want to tell you" when her sister asks what it looks like. :(

Also the way Jay says "I don't want to tell you" when her sister asks what it looks like. :(

:((

I did wonder about the near-absence of the parents and why the young people didn't even try and access help. I mean, Tim Smit of the "Lost Gardens of Heligan" fame did when he had trouble with a "ghost" and that was only twenty years ago.

Oh man, I am a sucker for movies that play with that tropes as well! And the scene with the really tall guy is also one of my favorites! He was just so damn long.

Honestly, if the hospital was busy and they were quiet, I doubt they would notice. I remember going hours in a room by myself the various times I've been in a hospital.

I think the main theme of this is going to end up as iconic as themes like Halloween and Nightmare on Elm St.

One thing I just realized was a bit weird was the fact that Paul was at their house all the time. Maybe he was a latch key kid.

Unusually tall monsters are another of my things when it comes to horror, probably why Slender Man still gets to me a bit. There's a journal you can find in Resident Evil 5 (I think?) where it just says "Saw big man outside window. Very tall." and I noped out of there so fast.

That's a good point. I guess I'd like to imagine that patients are checked regularly but yeah, the reality is usually different. The one time I had to stay in hospital for a few days I had to go get help because no one noticed the nearly-naked lady trying to climb out the window. :(

I did get some Elm Street vibes with the whole "only you can see me" thing, and I hope we see it more. It's such an effective idea to me.

Yeah, Paul didn't really seem to have anybody apart from the core group. I found him a bit irritating on first watch but since then I feel like he honestly really cares about Jay and does his best to look out for her, though I'm not sure if Jay felt the same way in the end. He seemed like a sweet kid.

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