One quote really stuck with me after watching
First of all I gotta say, phenomenal movie and wasn't as scary as I thought it'd be. I'm a HUGE wuss when it comes to horror films, never seen many for that very reason. But this one was pretty manageable, it was like half a slice of life film as well so there was a lot of other energy to digest. The super scary moments never really lingered on for TOO long to the point where the viewing experience was impacted negatively. It built up to a scary moment well, hit you with the big scare and then was onto the next scene at a solid pace. It was more sad than anything, there were so many moments where i just wanted to cry instead of jump out my seat.
But the one quote that really stuck to me was after the party and hospital scenes when Nikki was threatening to 🔪😞🪦 herself to get Bear to come to bed. I don't remember the quote exactly because I had to pull out my phone in the theatre and jot it down real quick. But it was something like "It's not painful if you let go of everything you once were and then there's nothing. It's not darkness, darkness is at least a color." And it just hurt to hear bc i really been through that shit before man. That detail never cropped up in any of the plot summaries i read to spoil myself while I couldn't wait to see the movie. Everyone who told me "you really can't understand it just from writing" was absolutely right. The tone of her voice especially during the real Nikki's emergence while Curse Nikki was sleeping broke my fucking heart. I at first pictured it as a pained and desperate scream, but it was more like a hushed pleading whimper. It had the same energy as one of the tribute kids from the Hunger Games movies begging for a mercy kill :,(
I read the scenes after Curse Nikki killed Sarah as a scream too. I imagined her barking "YOU WISHED FOR THIS" at him as she bashed her skull into the seat but it was more of a comforting calm whisper. She was talkin bout some "shhhhh it's all gonna be okay. You wished for this, this is all your fault but we're gonna fix this." Her saying "this is all your fault" in such a comforting tone cracked me the fuck up. I also got a laugh out of her screaming "STAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY" at him while he was sleeping next to her after he moved just one little inch😭
The other thing writeups couldn't really articulate was just how strong Nikki's initial personality was and weird it was to watch her slowly change. The writeups didn't clue me in on how palpable her SNARK really was like damn this girl is WITTY! She felt like a Saturday morning cartoon character with how quippy she was. She was kinda emo but also the funny one in their friend group at the same time. And then so many of her awkward moments make sense after seeing them live. The first scene right after Bear makes the wish where she's like "I'm just so sad because my cat died :,( i mean ,,,, YOUR cat died OHHHHH that was so stupid of me!!! I'm so sorry for your loss🥺🥺🥺🥺." These really feel like Curse Nikki was having a hard time trying to figure out how to be a person LMAO.
It reminds me of this anime movie called Colorful, which was about a soul that got reincarnated into the body of a 14-year old boy named Makoto who committed suicide. This soul had to figure out Makoto's life and learn the dynamics with all his family and friends in order to act like him and keep up the ruse. That's the same vibe I got from Curse Nikki. Whatever entity the One Wish Willow summoned only acted weird because it had never been a person before and then all the sudden existed with the express goal of loving someone it had never met. I really feel bad for the entity as well, especially the scene where it cried and said "I CAN BE NIKKI!" The only thing i still don't understand is how Bear put two and two together during the dinner scene, like what specifically about her saying "why does it matter" tipped him off?
But yeah bro this movie was CRAZY and it gave me a LOT to think about. I'm a real yapper lmao shoutout anyone who reads this