u/theghostlyshark

Other Mommy ended up being a lot bigger and more fantastical than I expected. Instead of a small, eerie doppelganger horror story, it feels closer to a twisted fairy tale packed with large-scale visual scares, CGI-heavy reality-warping sequences, and some surprisingly ambitious set pieces. The closest comparison I can make is IT (2017) and IT: Chapter Two (2019) (or even especially WELCOME TO DERRY) because of how grand and flashy many of the horror moments are.

That shift in tone will probably be divisive. Anyone expecting a contained straightforward uncanny horror film may be disappointed by how fantastical it gets, but I found it entertaining even if it was a bit of a mess logic & story wise. Since the story is told through the perspective of 8-year-old Bela, the pacing feels fast and abrupt, though I also got the sense that several scenes were cut, especially since quite a few moments from the trailers and marketing never appear in the finished film which was A SHAME (no bathtub scene, car ballpit scene was reduced to a shorter rushed scene, etc.)

While I enjoyed the surprises and spectacle, the ending felt predictable and I wish it had gone somewhere darker BUTTT some theories suggest otherwise....The scares are much more in-your-face and overt rather than anything genuinely creepy, which left me a little conflicted, but I'd still take this kind of wild, over-the-top horror over the recent wave of bland Insidious and Conjuring sequels.

Overall, I had a good time with it despite a lot of its flaws. It feels shorter than it should, but the creativity, visuals and big horror set pieces kept me entertained throughout. Think of this movie as like a spooky nightmarish haunted house ride come to life rather than anything too serious.

And yes, the movie actually does adapt a lot of things from the book but it does have a different conclusion to which I was not a huge fan of. The time loop theory sounds compelling though when applied to this movie

My personal rating: 7.8/10

(I was the only one at the cinema when I watched this btw, it was PEAKK. Though I might watch this again but with a crowd just to see audience reactions)

Watched this a few years ago on youtube and it was soo good, I love the vibrant colors in this, easily one of my favorite films of all time, I hope for a proper restoration of this someday. This is basically like a french version of Misery where a bizarre creepy neighbor decides to kidnap the guy next door to him, so if you love those kind of twisted hostage movies where a person is held captive by a deranged maniac for most of the runtime then this is for you. As of now, you can watch this in youtube for free uploaded by username Nora Anderson

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Today was supposed to be the day they finally released Obsession here in Gensan Cinemas but then a major earthquake happened in June 8......I was waiting for Obsession since last year and I've avoided pirating it so I could experience it fully in cinemas only for the damn earthquake to happen....Now it looks like I won't also be able to experience upcoming hyped movie releases like Evil Dead Burn, Disclosure Day, The Odyssey, SpiderMan ,etc.. man this sucks so much bru :-((((

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Not only is Obsession gonna release in SM but also Robinson, Megaworld and many more as well...Obsession will now no longer be an ayala exclusive! This is a once in a lifetime type of happening WOAH. This is quite literally the first time that it happened THEY DID THIS FOR ME !!!!!!!!!!

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I just got out of the cinema since this was finally available in my local theaters today, and I am happy to say that I was absolutely... IMPRESSED with YouTuber Kane Parsons' directorial debut for The Backrooms. A Backrooms movie could only work if it came from someone who understands the nostalgic yet uneasy and unsettling feeling you get from the familiarity of liminal spaces, and Kane Parsons did exactly that and more. Surprisingly, the thing that stood out the most to me was the fever-dream tone of the movie; it made the whole viewing experience feel unique, in my opinion. I cannot express enough how much I loved the dreamlike, surrealistic vibe of the film. It's not afraid to get really bizarre and weird with how it presents itself, which I enjoyed so much because it didn't feel like a commercially safe, cliché, cash-grab movie like FNAF. Instead, it's exactly how I felt watching the original YouTube web series. The set design of the Backrooms setting itself was phenomenal. It perfectly captures the eerie feel of the original image from the 4chan thread and further expands it into this otherworldly, psychological nightmare. Experiencing those same feelings again from all the liminal pictures I was obsessed with when I was younger, finally coming to fruition in a feature-length film like this, was just AMAZING. And, of course, the visuals were everything I could dream of—very well shot, and even the cinematography was incredible. I love how they incorporated the found footage aspect as well. I have so many more positive things to say. It does have some minor flaws, especially near the end, but overall I came out of this feeling hugely satisfied and floored. It deserves all of its success! The atmosphere, score/soundtrack, tone, and production design were PERFECT. I'm super jealous of people who got to experience this and Obsession back-to-back at the cinemas.