Skinamarink - Comments & Tips

You can see from the comments that if you don't want to have to put any sort of brain power into a movie, you won't like this. If you enjoy films that leave the narrative more up to your imagination and require some intellectual input, this is a superb watch. Amazing what they accomplished with such a small budget and cast. Beautifully shot and I was surprisingly invested in the characters despite the limited dialogue. Watch in the dark with headphones for a deeply disturbing experience.

i think i prefer more fast pace movies, but loved the under the bed scene! definitely a really uniquely designed film

VHS coverage of walls and ceilings

For a movie that's mostly shots of walls and floors, I gotta admit, it made me feel deeply unsettled. The grainy image made me feel like my skin was crawling and the concept was quite scary. However, the execution was bad. If this was 30 minutes, it would be really fucking good.

An interesting experiment that works decently as a mood piece, however it did not hold my attention for the entire runtime. It’s just a little too skeletal as it stands, and it doesn’t really care about locking in the audience. Either you’re on board, or you’re not. I respect that, but it’s a little overconfident for a first time feature director. The end result is something that average people will likely hate by default, and something that will be polarizing among film fans. 4.5/10

Let me start off by saying that I love analog horror. It's one my favorite new genres that spawned from indie creators on youtube... With that said - If anyone else decides to try and make a full length analog horror movie, please take notes from mainstream youtube series like Walten Files, Mandela Catalogue, etc... It takes more than a few filters and a loud noise every 20 minutes to make it work effectively. Out of the entire movie there was like... one scene that felt effective in bringing that anxiety you're SUPPOSED to feel.

I can’t believe how much this movie hates it’s audience. Truly aggressively awful and frustrating.

This felt like a self-absorbed film school project. Getting to the end was a lesson in tedium.

This movie should be called Skidmark

3 Thoughts After Watching ‘Skinamarink’: 1. Just, no. I went in with an open mind. But no. This was way too random for me. I need some semblance of a story, not a string-out of creepy visuals and sounds. If I hadn’t read the synopsis, I would’ve been even more lost than I already was. The toy phone scene is a perfect example of something eerie that existed for no particular reason other than to be eerie. No. 2. The interactions and reactions were not realistic enough. I understand this film was more of a mood than a story. More of a dream than reality. But there were too many characters talking to other characters without a proper response, if that makes sense. And no child would be wandering that house alone. 3. There _is_ something here, somewhere. An original idea that may inspire future horror films. The familiar glow and hum of a TV that we wake up to from nightmares. That momentary feeling of helplessness. It was all supremely atmospheric, for sure. But there was zero payoff.

This was actually the worst movie I've ever seen.

**Story:** what story? It's art! **Characters:** Nope. Let's focus on the walls instead. Not scary in the slightest the only scares were jumpscares with loud music. I didn't care what happened to the two pairs of legs. If you're going to do a movie about a child's point of view put the camera on their forehead, not on the floor. The walls and ceilings got wayyy too much screen time. Painfully boring!

An extremely experimental movie that I am surprised even got made. This movie will not be liked by many people, but some people will definitely love this kind of movie.

Only watch if you enjoy a string of fuzzy still images of walls, doors and the floor. In addition to mumbling that is rarely understanding and no plot whatsoever.

I can only give it a single star, I wish I could give it less, negative stars even. What an absolute waste of 100 minutes, I defy the reviewers here that say it is a polarizing movie, it really isn't, not even close, there is nothing to invest in, no characters to care about, nothing, this movie would have been better served by not being made at all and the makers should be ashamed of themselves for doing so.

I can't give a star, i don't know what i watched for 100 mins.

i hate the fucking phone, dammit what a scream him give

While watching I was thinking this would be better as a short and apparently it is, does have a few creepy segments. The best part was when a toilet disappeared and it made a cartoon noise.

This movie captures that feeling of being alone in your bedroom in the dead of night as a kid, the soft glow of your nightlight casting shadows that morph and dance into random forms as you desperately try to focus your eyes in the darkness. It’s a very specific, anxiety inducing feeling for me, and this is the best I’ve seen it captured. That being said, the threadbare plot, stoic camerawork, arthouse delivery and obvious budget shortcomings will make this movie impenetrable for some (dare I say most?) but those willing turn off the lights, turn up their headphones and zone into this one will be treated with a lovely indie horror that I’m sure will become a cult classic in the usual circles. A more obscure personal reference: This feels like those modern horror indie games that are made to look like PS1 games, but for movies. If that makes sense to anyone but me.