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Ich habe Obsession gestern im Kino gesehen und war sehr enttäuscht. Ich möchte den Film nicht schlecht reden aber ich habe konkrete Punkte, die ich diskutieren möchte.

Visuelle Ästhetik: Der Film hatte viele Szenen mit wenig Licht und selbst die Szenen mit Licht wirkten zum Teil unscharf. Zusammen mit dem rostigen Color Grading und dem 4:3 Aspekt Ratio fand ich den Film sehr hässlich anzusehen.

Audio: Der Score wirkt wie ein generischer Stock score aus einer Datenbank oder wie mit KI generiert. Klang nach "It Follows" Kopie aber ohne den Charakter.

Schauspiel: Bear's Schauspiel war eine Michael Cera oder Woody Allen Imitation. Das aufgesetzte Stottern etc. Es ist ein Klischee und er wirkte unecht, nicht wie eine reale Person. Das Schauspiel der Frau, Nikki, war grandios und das beste am gesamten Film.

Charaktere: Alle Figuren hatten keinen Charakter. Wer ist Bear? Was ist seine Vergangenheit? Hatte er eine enttäuschende Beziehung hinter sich? Oder ein Trauma? Hat er Ziele? Wir wissen nichts. Das gleiche bei Nikki. Alle Figuren sind unterentwickelt. Der Film erinnert mich an The Monkey, der ebenfalls das Problem hatte, dass die Figuren eindimensional und unsympathisch waren.

Stimmung: Ich fand unklar ob der Film ein ernsthaftes Drama und Horrorfilm sein will, wie ein Talk To Me oder It Follows oder ob es eine Parodie sein will, die bewusst unrealistisch und Cartoon like ist. Ich finde der Film hat es nicht hinbekommen, Horror und Humor zu verbinden wie zb. ein Weapons oder Barbarian. Die Cartoon Logik hatte den Effekt, dass die Story, der Humor und das dramatische Ende wenig glaubwürdig waren.

Story/Logik: Es ist unklar wie der One Wish Willow wirkt. Man vergleiche es mit The Substace wo die Regeln sehr klar ist. Also Nikki liebt Bear über alles, aber warum kocht sie seinen Hund und pack ihn auf ein Sandwich? Warum verletzt sie sich selbst? Warum macht sie Gesichter wie Ace Ventura und pinkelt auf den Teppich? weil creepy, aber nichts davon lässt sich aus den Regeln des Willows oder dem Effekt von Bears Wunsch ableiten.

Fazit: Der Film war audiovisuell unterdurchschnittlich, schlecht geschrieben und das Konzept funktioniert nicht. Ich finde der Film hätte funktionieren können, hätte er wie Talk To Me realistisch gewirkt oder wie Weapons eine klar Märchenhafte Komponente gehabt. Der Erfolg des Films basiert meiner Meinung nach darauf, dass der Film Horror mit Cringe Humor mischt, die weibliche Hauptrolle stark geschauspielert ist und es Social Anxiety Ängste der jungen Generation anspricht.

• White Trash has 3 songs with El Hefe solo on vocals: Johnny Appleseed, Straight Edge, Buggley Eyes
• Punk in Drublic has songs with El Hefe doing vocals or a moment where he is doing a funny voice: Perfect Government, My heart is yearning, Punk Guy
• Heavy Petting Zoo has El Hefe clearly doing vocals on Bleeding Heart Disease and Whatever Didi Wants
• Pump Up The Vaaluum has El Hefe vocals shining through on Clams have feelings too, Theme from a Nofx song, Thank god it's monday, Total Bummer

Then there is of course the all songs where El Hefe is playing trumpet like Bob, Quart in session, Drop the world, The Decline and many more

Also songs on Punk in Drublic and Heavy Petting Zoo have El Hefes voice more prominent in backing vocals like Leave it alone for example.

I feel like starting with War on Errorism that kind of stopped and El Hefe is not prominently doing vocals on the newer albums

In the Spin article, Mike says about First Ditch Effort:

It was a crazy recording. Cameron [Webb, producer] brought in Hefe when I was passed out at the hotel to do vocals even though I had Spike [Slawson] from the Gimmes and Johnny [Carey] from Old Man Markley to do perfect harmonies. If you hear the harmonies Hefe did on Heavy Petting Zoo, our voices don’t buzz, so I either have to do harmonies on my own or get someone who sounds like me.

I feel like the El Hefe vocals, just like the Mel Yell, are part of the Nofx formula and identity. The newer albums not giving any voice work to Hefe is one of many reasons why the newer albums feel less like typical Nofx albums.

What are your favorite Hefe voice cameos? Do you think they should have kept more of his voice on the newer records? Or do you agree with Mike that their voices don't buzz?

My friend, Kyle, and I were riding home from baseball practice, when he suddenly suggested we take a different route through one of the run-down neighborhoods. He stopped in front of an abandoned house and dared me to go inside with him. In the backyard, we found a broken window and climbed in.

Inside the dusty house, Kyle noticed a spot where the wall was broken. He pulled out a few loose bricks and found a mysterious metal box. He opened it, and for a moment, I could see a glowing light and a complex mechanism of turning gears. It was immediately fascinating in an eerie, haunting way.

I was intrigued and wanted to see more but he just slammed the box shut and hurried back to our bikes. I followed him, begging him to let me see it again, but he got instantly mad and shoved me so hard, I fell over my bike. Then he just rode off with the box under his arm and left me.

The next day at school, I saw Kyle step out of a brand-new car. It was weird because I could swear, up to this day, Kyle had always been a poor kid just like me. In the hallway, I saw him holding hands with Becky, the cutest girl in school. I asked him about it on our way to class, but he just said:

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’ve been with Becky since forever and I’ve been driving this car for a while now. Dude, get some rest.”

In class, the teacher handed back our history tests and specifically pointed out that Kyle had the highest score in the entire class. At baseball practice he was insane, hitting perfect homeruns with every swing.

After school I rode my bike to his house to confront him about the box. His house was a huge mansion. His mom and dad opened the door, smiling and friendly. I could’ve sworn Kyle came from a broken home with deadbeat parents, just like me. I asked him:

“Yo, what’s going on with the fancy house? Everything changed after you took that weird box. Where is it?”

But he just dismissed me like I was crazy and slammed the door shut in my face.

That night I felt confused and had nightmares of the box and the otherworldly ticking mechanism inside of it, but the next day, I woke up and it started to feel like it was all a dream and I was the one with false memories. So I let it go and tried to forget about the box and my conflicting memories.

Over the next week, things turned ugly. The other kids in school began hating on Kyle for being perfect at everything. Someone scratched and demolished his new car. His girlfriend Becky started following him around everywhere, totally obsessed with him. At home, I saw on the local news a story about his parents being suspected of criminal activity.

Then, on Friday night, Kyle texted me. I went outside and found him looking terrified, tears running down his face.

“I made a huge mistake. You have to help me, please. Take the box, but don’t use it on yourself - EVER. Don’t do what I did. And... go to the locker room at the baseball field and open the door. I have to go now. Thanks for being my friend. I’m sorry.”

Then he jumped on his bike and disappeared into the night.

I went to the baseball field and when I reached the locker room, I heard desperate pounding from inside. The second I opened the door, Becky stumbled out. Her eyes looked sad and empty.

“Where is Kyle? Have you seen Kyle? Kyle, where are you?” She kept repeating his name and ran off into the night.

I’m back home now. The metal box is sitting on my desk. I’m scared out of my mind. Should I open it to try and help my friend? Or should I return it to the empty house and stay safe? I don't know what to do. Reddit, please help.

A newlywed couple throws a housewarming party in their new home and invites their old high school friend group. Passive aggressive jabs escalate into a violent frenzy as the old friends all share bottled up deep resentments at the couple for being neglected and left behind.

What follows is a Ready-or-not and Mayhem-type murder frenzy as the couple navigates the house, fighting their old friends to the death one by one with bloody results. They flee to the woods, chased by by the remaining "friends" hunting them. The showdown consists of the couple blowing up their house with all the friends inside it. The couple, showered in blood, professes their love and kisses at dawn, as burnt body parts scatter around them.

Does that sound like a good movie idea? Should i flesh this out further into a full script or story? Do you have spontaneous ideas that would fit the premise?

PS: I'm not an industry person. I'm just a horror movie fan. Sharing the idea with you is just for fun and games and probably the closest i will get to "getting it made". If it ever shows up in theatres, its because a movie executive stole this idea.