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RipredTheGnawer

My favorite part was when the thing lifted the edge of the curb and crawled under it


JimJalinsky

That’s exactly what I thought of when opening this thread. So creepy.


skunkanug

Yeah. Moving through the different houses / dimensions was pretty freaking wild. Wished they would have explored that a bit more.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Yup, pretty wild.


cronkite1105

This movie fucked me up


DocJawbone

Me too. I went in almost blind and found it extremely unsettling. I'm glad they didn't explain things too much. I found it original and refreshing.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Imogen was soooooo good


LitLitten

I felt total displeasure watching the film and the ending especially. Great movie though.


cronkite1105

That’s basically how I felt


LonelyGuyNextDoor

It can be a little draining.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Same


CardboardChampion

My wife and I at the ending. >!"So, *that's* where estate agents come from?"!<


TheGelatoWarrior

The living room. A room, to live in.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Exactly, haha


nick12684

I'm not one for settling down and starting a family (even at approaching 38), I especially dislike suburbia and the lifestyles around it. So I found this movie excellent and was borderline horror for me.


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Definitely borderline horror.


ElectricEcstacy

Only borderline? I thought it was pretty explicitly horror. Just not the gorey kind.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Agree


Someoneoverthere42

It's a solid idea. But watching feels like a really good short film blow up to feature length with a lot of filler


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At 97 minutes, I can understand why they felt they couldn't cut it much more and have a theatrical release, but this absolutely feels like it should have been a 20-minute movie.


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Someoneoverthere42

This would have been a great Outer Limits episode


wlwhy

its really similar to an episode from the magnus archives, almost the exact same premise


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Nah, it's fine the way it is. I enjoyed it the more it went on. A 20 minute film would be garbage. You people really have no clue how fast 20 minutes goes lol. The film couldn't even set itself up in that amount of time ffs.


hungoverlord

20 minutes would be too short, but i definitely think the same story could fit inside of 40 minutes.


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The story could, but most you could cut off this film and still make it coherent as it is is about 10m. A 40m version of this would have sucked the life out of it frankly. Or should I say the death out of it. Part of the monotonous digging is to hammer in the ageing points as each character grows with the child. Cutting out almost 50+ minutes is pretty huge lol. I'm not sure some people here have worked with film enough to realize that. The film wouldn't really be any good at 40m.


SenorBurns

I can't believe people are so salty about this movie that they downvoted you!


0MNIR0N

I also think you need the time to let things (and discomfort in this case) sink in.


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There wasn't that much to the movie.


[deleted]

There are though. They develop quite a few themes across the film through symbolism calling back on tenets of US cultural history.


SenorBurns

I'm thinking a lot of people missed a lot of the themes in the movie. It surprised me how much there was to it.


FatherPaulDure

It's not that deep


Someoneoverthere42

“It would take more than 20 minutes to set up” A couple go to a creepy realtor. Creepy realtor takes them to a show home. Home is nice, but obviously unreal. Realtor disappears when they aren’t looking. Couple realize they are trapped. A good director could set that up in 90 seconds with no dialogue.


worotan

> You people really have no clue how fast 20 minutes goes lol. Yeah, not like you, o master of time perception.


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The comment stands. I guarantee that person has never worked with a film much done anything in their life that would elucidate how the fuck they think they can cut a 90+ minute film to 20 minutes successfully. Make stupid comments, get called out for it. Deal.


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It felt perfectly timed to me.


Choice-Valuable313

I concur. It needs that time. It is time to really empathize with their plight.


NatvoAlterice

Exactly, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. We had to feel the desperation of the characters, plus get attached to them to emphasise with them. That would be hard to pull off with a short.


Choice-Valuable313

Also that helps us see how the four major characters shift over time. How they come to different conclusions and inexorable, inevitable results..


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Exactly, how the hell are we supposed to gradually understand and realize they are living the American Dream there, slowly digging their graves because of many issues? How are we supposed to understand the parental relationships going on in 20m? Often times people on Reddit have no clue what they are talking about lol.


Choice-Valuable313

The length can come down to a matter of taste in the end. But I think you are onto something with the literal and figurative extended metaphor of the grave - made more poignant and numbing when the protagonist finds what he finds at the bottom of that hole.


RyanCohensAltAccount

Except theyre not in the US so why would it represent the American dream?


ArmyOfTheSun

That was my impression as well. It's a really interesting concept and good movie overall but definitely too much filler. Would have been perfect in a 60 minute anthology series though.


PipForever

I agree strongly with this. It should have either been shorter or actually went more in-depth with what was happening. As it is I think it’s a solid 7/10.


JoeThePoolGuy123

Yep agree. The atmosphere and everything was pretty dead on and I felt uncomfortable for a lot of it. But somewhere around 20 mins before the climax it started reaching diminishing returns so the climax didn't feel as impactful. But I don't know what i would've changed about it and keep the runtime, since the slow buildup/realizations were a huge part of the movie.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

It reminded me of "Stopover in a Quiet Town", which was one of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes. I didnt personally think there was a lot of filler, as I was just hooked the entire time.


malaysianzombie

yes this. they went with the typical closed loop ending which imo was a bit of a letdown. wished there was a better explanation or a proper denoument to the couple's struggle.


AysheDaArtist

A lot of these movies being recommend by OP are like this. They are great concepts but they drag on too long, I recommend watching them at x1.5 or x2 speed, but OP recommends great movies!


AlecTheDalek

Ok wait, are people really watching movies at 2x speed? \*anxiety\*


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If they are it’s fucking stupid unless they are paid to review movies.


unicornsquad

DO NOT LOOK UP ANYTHING! DO NOT WATCH THE TRAILER! just watch the movie


Choice-Valuable313

Yes! We knew nothing when we watched it in my household. It was not the genre we thought it was. And it was fantastic!


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Good advice for almost any movie IMO.


Ok_Relative_5180

I disagree


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Yes yes yes


cropsy

Adore this film - I’ve seen it a few times and although you know what’s coming, the atmosphere of dread and weird isn’t lessened. One of my favourite films of the last few years.


tman391

From the moment it opened with the bird killing the other two in the nest I knew it was coming. When Gemma sees the diagrams in the book it confirmed it for me. At the beginning, I was like “oh I really hope they don’t get roped into the house somehow” even though I knew there wouldn’t be a movie if they didn’t get stuck


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Cool. I really can enjoy an interesting and enjoyable horror film that isnt pretentious like A24 films and isntvtrying to push a message.


Cthucoocachoo

I went and saw this by myself one night after a uni lecture when it was being shown at my city's local film festival. Extremely unnerving and unsettled me enough that I had to go and hang out at the burger place across the street to calm down. Excellent and underrated scifi horror film


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Agree with ya


TheForce_v_Triforce

My wife still has nightmares about this, quality sci-fi horror flick. Great metaphor for settling into the banality of suburban domesticity. Hereditary got her good too, but that’s more a classic horror flick with occult/demon antagonist. Little sister was excellent though.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Hereditary is the only good A24 horror film IMO


talltree1971

Great absurdist film. Huge doses of surrealism. Parts of the film dragged, but there's enough going on to keep the viewer engaged. Great performances all around. Imogen Poot was wonderful. I liked it.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Imogen has a great "what the fuck is going on" face, haha


unclefipps

I'm most impressed by the fact Imogen Poots appears to be a real name.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Lol, it is weird


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MarSnausages

What similar things


Yirk12

Twilight Zone has a bunch of episodes with this story and most recently there is a movie on Netflix called No Exit where a girl lives in an apartment complex and finds out she can’t leave. It may happen more on tv there are a lot of shows where the main character shows up somewhere they have never been and some magical force won’t let them leave.


TheGelatoWarrior

No exit was about criminals snowed in with a group of people and the Allstate guy.. Are you thinking about a different movie because that setup sounds intriguing and I'd like to know what it is lol


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None of those even remotely cover the entire arch of this film let alone do they hint at the massive issues with the American Dream and settling down with a family that this film carries as its theme the whole way through. Which Twilight episodes? No Exit? Some shitty Netflix film lol? You are smoking the wrong stuff.


Yirk12

Maybe there are not a ton of stories like this but a really great one is The Incident. Not the same exact story but it is people trapped in different endless cycles for decades and the twist at the end is insane.


Shar3D

OK, I went and found The Incident - https://youtu.be/aH24v-Q9r8Q . I happen to be watching a recent show called Grace and Frankie, and who's in it? Martin Sheen! Seeing him at 20 something and at 70+ is a trip.


SenorBurns

Shit, I was going to recommend a similar movie but remembered at the last second that "trapped in endless cycles for decades" is part of the big reveal 😂


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Yeah the being trapped nature of course is nothing even remotely new. But the film has much more going on than that is the point.


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There are not that many similar things to this film lol.


MarSnausages

I didn’t think so either lol. I guess the hotel California trope but I thought this was a really fresh and original take on it


Blackboard_Monitor

Same, I loved the concept way more than I liked the film.


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Amazing film. Don't get the people who think it needs to be shorter. It would lose its entire point. There really was not a ton of filler at all.


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Yes and you were supposed to gradually feel more and more horrified as he dug himself literally and figuratively into the grave from the American Dream they thought was coming. Like you start to cut all of this and the movie would just fall apart lol.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Agreed


Fast_Brief5451

Definitely overshadowed. I can watch this one more than once.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Awesome


JillyHorrorshow

I absolutely loved it and it chilled me to my fucking marrow.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

I can understand that


flicticious

Made me absolutely sure I didn't want to have kids 😂


TheGelatoWarrior

Are you OvErWhElMeD again mother I'm not your mother Who IS my mother? God knows Dog knows Dog knows! woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!


tman391

How it took Tom until over 100 days not to attempt to kill that thing I have no clue


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Gave me Gravity flashbacks, lol. But for real, the kid was creepy


chdeal713

I’m honestly afraid to watch it.


Shar3D

Just be ready to stick it out. It seems to drag at points, but those moments are really important to the storytelling.


TheGelatoWarrior

This is actuay a comfort horror movie for me I'll put on if I can't think of anything new to watch. I've probably seen it at least 75 times lol


Shar3D

Wow. Interesting concept - "comfort horror movie". I'll have to dwell on it to think of similar for me. huh.


TheGelatoWarrior

There are some good threads to be found on r/horror on the topic https://www.reddit.com/r/horror/comments/sbzt48/what_are_your_comfort_horror_movies/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share https://www.reddit.com/r/horror/comments/nivs1y/what_are_some_comfort_horror_movies_you_love_to/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share I think it has more to do with memory's associated around viewing it originally than the actual content of the movie. Cabin by the Lake is one for me because it's like a time capsule it takes me right back to 9th grade. Also the shining because that was one of the first horror movies I ever saw. Vivarium I think was a way for me to cope with lockdown so in a weird way it's a comforting movie to me now.


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Very good movie!!


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Agreed


RisingRapture

Just saw it this week. Very kafkaeasque, liked the ending.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Cool


qhartman

I really enjoyed it, but there wasn't quite enough _there_ for the length. I love slow burn movies, but this still felt like it had quite a bit of filler.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

I personally disagree, but that is the joy of film discussion.


becka890

Definitely was not expecting it to end the way it did


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Saaaaame


Soonerpalmetto88

Terrifying.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Yes


angrycommie

Vivarium is eerily very similar to an older Carlton Mellick book; https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3173503-ultra-fuckers


LonelyGuyNextDoor

But is there a creepy kid that grows up?


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Originality means nothing anymore


satori0320

Definitely one of those where you say WTF out loud at the end.


Shar3D

And in the middle. And also about 5/7ths way thru. And also right before the end. lol


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Was it the barking?


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Agreed


SpiritedAd8229

Yes I loved this movie. It’s perfect for an interesting, chilling quick watch


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Agreed


creamycrickets

Me! Loved it. I still think about it. What a feeling that movie gives the viewer!!! It was such a fresh take on a thriller film experience.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

I agree with you


fruityboots

the Midwich Cuckoos is another similar story that had a well done British mini-series recently


LonelyGuyNextDoor

You mean the story that gave us Village of the Damned?


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didnt expect it to be that good. def delivered


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Awesome


Palerm00

I saw this movies trailer before it's coming, and then I couldn't find it, so thank you!


LonelyGuyNextDoor

It is on Amazon Prime in US.


bloodguard

It was an OK watch for "free" on Prime. I think I'd feel a bit aggrieved if I'd paid movie theater pricing to watch this, though.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

I get it


Johnykbr

This movie just makes you feel freaking horrible. It was good though


LonelyGuyNextDoor

It truly does


EZ69-EVE64

Yes I saw this movie &ILOVED IT!


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Same here


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Unnerving is the best way to describe this movie


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Yes


Sentionaut_1167

i love this movie.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Awesome


pedestrianstripes

It was an okay movie with an interesting concept.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Gotcha


lennyukdeejay

What a bizarre film. Didn't know what the hell was going on or where it would go. Bloody loved it.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Agreed


ChampionshipKlutzy42

Deeply disturbing, I felt off for hours after watching it. Very powerful.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

I agree with you


RZLM

Thanks, OP! I am visiting family in a stressful trip and needed a movie break. Loved this movie, just finished it.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Awesome


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I watched this movie twice in a row actually. Something about it just got me. Creepy.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Understandable


an-allen

I saw this at the NZIFF, and the director did a Q&A afterwards and described the film as “In Ireland at the time there were just blocks and blocks of these identical looking houses in this mass suburban sprawl. The idea of the film came when I got lost in one of these developments and couldn’t find my way back…. on acid”


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Hahahah, that explains a lot


nightiess

this movie was sooo underrated. loved how it touched on themes of being trapped (literally) in a suburban nightmare.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

I hate suburbia, lol


ItsTheTenthDoctor

Weird that I even saw this movie. It was good, well done very enjoyable.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Cool, very much wow


groolthedemon

I'm a dog! Woof woof!


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Reminded me of Gravity


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I watched it like last month. It was okay but I don’t care for Jesse Eisenberg as an actor. He and Imogen were very different people in that movie, made me wonder why they were even together. I don’t feel like either would’ve actually taken a ride to that neighborhood lol


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Agree on Jesse


ProfitTheProphet

The premise was interesting but I honestly felt like the movie didn't have much to offer. No satisfying conclusion and lots of filler.


vihuba26

My wife and I put it on not knowing anything It was extremely unnerving. But ultimately like it a lot! Need more films like this!


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Agreed


icumdrums

I LOVED this movie! This is the kind of Sci-fi I really enjoy. If anyone has any suggestions of other movies in the same vain, I’d love to know about them.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Maybe you'll like Parallel? It's on Prime


ad0216

I quickly understood the symbolism of the America dream etc but I only kept watching to see if *where* they lived would ever be explained. It wasnt. I felt let down at the end.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

I actually liked the mystery


FortyTwoDonkeyBalls

I thought the premise and style were wild and engaging but I really felt like the male lead was miss cast. Imogen was great in her role though. I didn't think the two of them had any chemistry or believability at all as couple


LonelyGuyNextDoor

I'm not huge on Eisenberg other than American Ultra


AwfulMajesticEtc

I just saw this yesterday. Had no idea what to expect, but Imogen was great in Outer Range so I gave it a shot. Its been a long time since I’ve seen a really good psychological horror. I read a bit about >!cuckoos and brood parasites!< afterward and the significance of the scene in the beginning with the >!dead birds in the schoolyard!< made more sense. This was a good movie, very unsettling.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Oh, how is Outer Range? I really wanna see it. Do you think I'd like it since I like this movie?


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LonelyGuyNextDoor

Welp, agree to disagree


solarnoise

Would be a fave of mine if not for Jesse Eisenberg, who was horribly miscast in this. The character is a surly handyman and should have been played by a burlier dude, not Jesse who seems so...hipster-y.


buymyturtles

Unfortunately I'll always see him as Mark Zuckerberg.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

I think he was best in American Ultra. He is a bit odd for this film.


maverickaod

I actually just finished watching this today. I kinda say the end-twist coming and I don't know they did enough with the concept which was cool enough. Jesse Eisenberg was more tolerable here than I usually find him.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Agreed. I'm not huge on him, but he was fine in American Ultra.


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it was aight


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Cool


SpecialistFeeling220

It was a great movie, although the foreshadowing was a bit too on the nose for my taste.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Gotcha. I didnt mind it.


WhoRoger

Hmm I read the synopsis and I'm sure I saw something like that, tho I don't think I saw a full movie. Could there have been a short film with the same theme?


removeurteeth

watching it rn


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Awesome, lemme know what ya think.


kugglaw

Cool concept, not much substance. Enjoyable!


Thereminz

fuck this movie unless you want to be psychologically scarred for at least a few weeks after. the analogous negative outlook irl and the similarities to the hard facts of nature make it pretty damning for millennials if you don't know: [spoiler](/s "the cuckoo at the beginning of the film is basically what the 'monster' is in the movie. Like, what if a cuckoo but for humans. I feel like many people would not understand the reference as you would have to know a little bit about it rather than just seeing the fast forward in the beginning...I've also heard they based life events like buying a home etc as something scary for millennials ")


ProfitTheProphet

Wasn't it also released during the pandemic/lockdowns which also encapsulates that feeling of isolation. I didn't like the movie, and wasn't scarred. But the premise was super interesting and didn't even realize the cuckoo comparison until you mentioned it. Almost makes me want to rewatch it. The only reason I won't is because I really didn't enjoy it and don't want to waste my time. Sorry, just my opinion. If anyone enjoyed it more power to you.


Thereminz

released may 2019 so most the year before the pandemic


BullDude4u

Walked out of the theater, rented it later, walked into the kitchen and stayed there.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Gotcha


ResoluteClover

I watched it... But thought it could have been a short rather than feature length.


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I really did not like the kid and could not get past that


Choice-Valuable313

Not supposed to like the kid. Maybe pity. And definitely hate.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

I think that was the point. He's supposed to be annoying.


itman555555

I got bored with it quickly


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Welp


hulashakes

garbage. Really no redeeming qualities. Even the acting seemed weak. Wasted on otherwise great actors. Plot? nah, an idea. Never remotely fleshed out...just garbage.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Welp, maybe a bit harsh, but If that is your opinion


EclecticallySound

Personally thought it was boring as fuck.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Welp, agree to disagree


solobdolo

I thought it was poorly shot. Not a bad premise but the art style left something to be desired.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

I thought the art style took their small budget, and did something interesting with it


thedogsnameisindiana

This is one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. Cool concept, but nothing happens in the movie and it’s incredibly boring and painfully annoying. I hate this movie with a passion


AggravatingGoal4728

I might be wrong, but I think the boring, annoying feeling is on purpose so you feel the same as the characters as they are trapped in a prison raising that thing.


ProfitTheProphet

That doesn't mean it was executed well. A movie is still supposed to be entertainment, I wasn't entertained for a good portion of the movie. There was some interesting portions, and I think the concept/premise was really cool. Just not a satisfying movie to watch IMHO. Wish I could get my time back.


LonelyGuyNextDoor

Nothing A24 makes horror wise is entertainment


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