The work is mysterious and important

Severance with the Mexico filter

I'm pretty excited for this, I'm rarely disappointed by anything produced by A24, and I'm especially a fan of their horror and horror-adjacent films. Also pretty cool that it's directed by the kid who made the first Backrooms short, can't imagine directing a film while only 20 years old.

Looks a lot like Exit 8.

how to kill an aesthetic

Not hating on the attempt, hope everyone enjoys it, and I'm definitely curious.

But the trailer didn't look like it was really nailing it (imo). The analog horror angle with the VHS scanlines is a choice I don't know about anymore... Feels a bit contrived at that point. People forget it was the association with an actual haunted VHS that made it creepy - it's not just a filter. But maybe I've misjudged from the (refreshingly vague) trailer.

Who knows, maybe if they go really fanficy it can keep the creepiness of original lore? But I feel like A24 has a hard time making anything that isn't super swish, so my suspicion is they'll just kill thee aesthetic.

But again, that could be all wrong. I will never have not been suspicious of a feature length visual adaptation of anything SCP adjacent.

hope they can pull this off, it has potential

I get a little bit House of leaves vibes.

Looks mid at best.

I'm not sure if I'm too jaded on Hollywood but it just feels like movies aren't worth watching as it does nothing actually new.

Remakes, live-action xyz, I don't know man. This just isn't interesting.

I'm really glad that indie devs and writers are still kicking ass as mainstream feels like exiting the world of creativity and excitement to slop.