RE: 'There's Something Wrong with the Children' by Roxanne Benjamin Review: A concoction of ideas, but rather weak

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Yeah it felt really convoluted for what should've otherwise been a pretty simple horror flick. Just too many things the director wanted to try and to say and none of it really came together well. Seems the director knows the horror genre rather well, but just hasn't had a whole lot of experience directing and fully telling stories.

I'm the same with gore too. It just doesn't impress me at all. Maybe sometimes some practical effects I might notice, but that's very rare these days. I mostly just completely avoid watching these types of films. But at the same time I have realised that doing so just results in me only watching "greats" while constantly wasting time trying to find them.



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Just too many things the director wanted to try and to say and none of it really came together well. Seems the director knows the horror genre rather well, but just hasn't had a whole lot of experience directing and fully telling stories.

That.

Then again, I know from experience how hard it is to even make a 'bad' film. I haven't even managed to finish a feature film ( as you know ) and I sure tried.

It's not even gore not impressing me, it doesn't feel right any longer. There's enough gore in the news these days and if there's no function for the story, I prefer it to be left out.

Recently rewatched Cronenberg's The Fly, Philip Kaufmann's Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Psycho, those scifi/ horror/ suspense flicks actually make me feel good and are memorable and worth watching over and over again.

Yes, I prefer to go back to watching 'greats' ;<)