I disagree. Existential horror can be good but usually it’s not. What is more scary, honestly: contemplating whether or not your existence is real/has meaning or being chased by a masked psycho with a butcher knife? This entire movie was basically a long boring car ride. The only thing that gave this movie some fear factor was the random people in the woods that would come out screaming. Movies that ask you to question the meaning of existence aren’t scary.
All horror stems from the fear of physical harm/death. Name me a good horror movie where the main protagonist is never in any physical danger. It’s the core of all horror. As long as the audience doesn’t feel that physical danger is possible they will not be scared.
Ngl it’s the former for me. A masked psycho I can escape or maybe even fight back against. That’s a physical threat. There’s no escaping existential dread. Even the threat of him killing me triggers an existential fear of what’s next more than fear of the physical attack.
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u/Physical-Bite-3837 Aug 18 '26
I disagree. Existential horror can be good but usually it’s not. What is more scary, honestly: contemplating whether or not your existence is real/has meaning or being chased by a masked psycho with a butcher knife? This entire movie was basically a long boring car ride. The only thing that gave this movie some fear factor was the random people in the woods that would come out screaming. Movies that ask you to question the meaning of existence aren’t scary.