In recent years, the most commercial horror cinema became a collection of jumpscares that, although some were effective, began to show the formula. The great responsible for all this was James Wan |, hand in hand with his saga The spell, but even he changed this trend a bit with his recent premiere, Malignant. Now, a new movie from Searchlight Pictures proves that not everything has to be scare.
The Dark House, movie directed by David Bruckner, focuses on the life of a woman who has just been widowed (Rebecca Hall). As in these types of stories, the death of her husband will serve to uncover the most disturbing secrets. From here, the journey will begin in which both the viewer and Beth, the protagonist, will have trouble discerning what is real from what is not.
Yes there are jumpscares on The dark night, but not only are they not abused but they are perfectly located and worked. The unpredictability of the film, with great timing to build tension, will make it very difficult not to be uncomfortable for the almost two hours that the footage lasts. In this context, the work of Hall It is one of the highest points to highlight, especially in the most suspenseful sequences.
The architecture of the film is a key character in the story. (Disney)
But when it comes to high points, one of the best elements of The dark night is the visual. The construction of each shot is meticulously thought out, with optical illusions that will make the hair stand on end even the most skeptical. Everything, in order to investigate topics such as pain, loss and one’s own ghosts, in a film that deserves to be seen on the largest possible screen.
Other horror movies you can watch to avoid falling back on jumpscares
Horror has productions for all tastes, ranging from the slasher to the paranormal, without neglecting the psychological, to mention some of the best-known subgenres. One of the studios that specialized in producing juicy short stories to build terrifyingly scary movies is A24, some of which are easy to see on the most used platforms.
Charlie (Millie Shapiro) from Hereditary is the owner of one of the biggest scares in recent years. (IMDb)
Ari Aster and Robert Eggers are two great thinkers of horror stories of today who have worked with A24 to leave works like Hereditary (HBO Max), Midsummer (Prime Video) and The Witch. Of course, they are not the only ones, and there are other filmmakers not so well known as Trey Edward Shults and his film It Comes at Night (HBO Max), and directors linked to other types of more satirical stories, such as Yorgos Lanthimos with its extremely uncomfortable The Sacrifice of the Sacred Deer (Prime Video).
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