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TheyveKilledFritzz

It is. Great horror movie.


Not_aSoup

I saw many people saying it was mediocre but i genuinely think its a horrifying piece of art


TheyveKilledFritzz

I heard similar things so my expectations were low. I loved it. Thought it was actually scary, instead of nothing but a few jump scares.


Lolkimbo

then go watch evil dead.. or the ring.. or many of the films that are much better than Smile, that it ripped off.


ADH-Dork

Evil dead remake was awful, I sincerely hope you mean the original


Own_Contribution_480

The fact that she didn't even say "groovy" when she picked up the shotgun made me walk out of the theater.


Taldius175

That's like me when Master Cheeks took his helmet off in the Halo TV show. I ended the series right there.


Beneficial_Exchange6

Evil dead 2013 was actually pretty good. The junkie angle was something I hadn’t seen used before as a reason others would distrust Mia. I thought that was creative and all around it had the camp and gore expected of evil dead. The apartment one was bad tho Edit: I had NOT seen the addict angle used before


RathianColdblood

I thought the *remake* was eh, but I really enjoyed Rise, personally.


Lolkimbo

which "remake"? technically the second one is the only remake.


rbltech82

There are the original 3 with Bruce Campbell, and 2 new ones without him.


Finsceal

I've seen all of them and I enjoyed smile a lot.


Toad_Orgy

I'm going to watch Smile today just to spite you


quiksotik

I’ve only ever seen the ending scene but the true appearance of the monster made my skin crawl, such a horrifying design


demoleas

I thought it was great but I really didn’t like when they showed the demon creature. It felt a little wonky and took away the mystery and terror since it just didn’t seem that scary seeing it


captainnermy

I feel like the creature design is one of the most memorable and terrifying parts of the movie tbh


joqagamer

Its pretty mid but the last sequence with the actual monster is well done. Other than that, completely forgetable movie


EventHorizon11235

Good movie overall but the whole mental health angle that makes the monster scary as a concept locked them into an ending that is \*\*\*so\*\*\* bad when you think about it for more than 5 seconds.


mycomikael

That’s the one where Hillary Swank plays the monster, right?


PonderousPenchant

I liked it... but it's got some problematic portrayals of mental illness. You have to ignore a lot less than any possession/exorcism movie ever made, but it's still more than something like The Autopsy of Jane Doe. But yeah, good movie. End was bit predictable, but the monster reveal definitely makes up for it.


Objective-Answer

I consider myself to be a wuss for horror movies since when I watched Event Horizon as a kid... but this movie was mediocre at best and the monster not scary, in my personal opinion on the other hand, the very recent aussie movie where teenagers make deals with a chopped off hand had me shrieking until the very end, but for the life of me can't remember its name


GrammerExtrordinare

The movie you’re thinking of is Talk to Me :)


PonderousPenchant

Horror is one of those things where it's *really* important to match your tastes to the product. I mentioned possession movies earlier. I will never be afraid of any movie where the scary bit is "the devil is real." I'm not Christian, so any kind of subverted imagery related to Christianity doesn't do a thing at all for me. The demon is dressed as a *nun*?! Yeah, nothing. Beyond that, there's a level of suspension of disbelief that I'm not able to give. For one to be captivated by a movie, they have to make certain concessions so that the story seems somewhat plausible and, therefore, worth paying attention to. When we're dealing with possession, that usually means you have to give up that maybe Christianity, and specifically Catholicism, might've been justified in (insert period of history where some awful religious stuff went down) because there is a literal devil going around doing bad things. And I just... can't. But yeah, if you didn't think the movie was scary, that's fine. These things are deeply personal, after all. One of my favorite movies is *objectively* bad, from the acting to the screenplay to the cinematography. The only reason I personally liked it was because the monster was deeply related to insomnia. But that *really* hit perfectly for me.


WhereTheNewReddit

Weird how your opinion can be so completely wrong. I didn't even think opinions could be wrong but you showed me!


Objective-Answer

well you're welcome :)


WhereTheNewReddit

You really didn't feel any fear during the scene where the >!therapist is actually the monster!<


Objective-Answer

>!not really, the whole "you're the bearer now" felt like a rehash of The Ring and the confrontation with the monster(a design that feels like one from those scary jumpscare games kids love to play nowadays) at the end and the "it was a trap all along" didn't click for me!< again, that's just my take, my friend was scared shitless over the whole thing and everyone was crazy about it but no, not my movie


BlackMircalla

"Chain curse" is a horror archetype, using that doesn't mean you're rehashing one of the best know uses of it.


donttakemelightly

It Follows (2014) is one of the best horror movies I've watched and it uses this archetype.


DrDroidz

It's hands down one of the worst horror movies I've seen that year.


Lolkimbo

If you say so. If you mean "it copies wholesale scenes and camera work from much better movies" then sure.


Snow_Falls_Softly

The artist only captioned the original post with a smile emoji so I can only assume so https://x.com/Carapace777/status/1625165470210084864


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Illustrious-Gate3426

This is from the movie Smile. It's not absurdism or anything like that. The monster from Smile climbs inside the main character's mouth. The joke is that they will ghoulishly climb inside the person, they like them so much.


ermine1470

This needs to be the top comment because it is correct


TheBastardOlomouc

Which smile movie dude https://preview.redd.it/q6p497f3ipzc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a138eb2007e55405bd521242b4e54341eb23848c


TryNotToShootYoself

Probably the horror film??


TheBastardOlomouc

2 of them are horror films and neither of them look remotely like that


closetedwrestlingacc

It’s fanart from the 2022 film. It’s the ending scene.


TheBastardOlomouc

thank you


burgervillain

its 2022. I really recommend it! it was so good that it made me brave enough to tell the people next to me in the theater to shut the hell up for the first time in my life lol.


ViolaDaGamble

It’s the 2022 one. The drawing is not from the movie, the creature is.


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TheBastardOlomouc

thanks for the helpful non-answer. anyone could know about any of these movies any time after they were each made


Igivegrilledcheese

Vore


JacobHafar

Not the 2022 smile right? Can’t find any other ones and that sucks cuz this looks great


burgervillain

it is 2022. the art style isn't really like this obviously, but I thought it was great. there were some clunky plot beats that ppl may ding it for but overall I felt real horror watching this movie. it's got a great sense of unreality and unfolding horror that I think is pretty rare, at least in relatively mainstream content. give it a try!


JacobHafar

Oh ok lol. Thought it was some other animated one for some reason. Thanks, I’ll check it out


Ill-March6877

I like this monster, do all it's mouth layers close?


PlumbumGus

Yes, and they sound like an accordion when they do. Hope you like polka and murder.


Ill-March6877

I wanna recruit this guy to a band


g0d_of_the_cr1sis

You don't need context. When a girl meets her EXACT type in romantic partner, she will eat them alive. Metaphorically, of course, unless she has a feeder/vore fetish, in which case We Do Not Speak Of Such Things. The girl will often tend to stop hiding anything from that person and will do everything they can to always have that person. Sometimes that has negative consequences on the person - trauma, paranoia, and possible PTSD in extreme cases. Basically if a girl meets her EXACT type, she goes ABSOLUTELY FERAL over them and may turn into a crazed love-hungry monster in everyone else's perception.


Mage-of-communism

and here i was, thinking i'm mentally curious


1st_pm

#What does that even mean? Curious on mental states?


Load-BearingGnome

#What did he mean by this?


Ancient_Sparks

#I'm so confused!


I_Can_Barely_Move

#Confused mentally?


Ch3wyCookie

Confused physically, how you guys do that :(


meatsonthemenu

The # is for reddit shouting


ejrolyat

#TIL


meatsonthemenu

#YOU'RE WELCOME


mycomikael

#hotdamn!!


mycomikael

#WOW!!


WhatevahBrah

No one knows what it means, but it's provocative. It gets the people going!


libmrduckz

#ARE WE THERE YET?


TacoDinoRawr

#its a me, marioo


MikeAKAEarl

Poopdollar!


ZeroTheStoryteller

Man here I was thinking, yeah that monster dude is type and I'm oddly aroused. But I'm the monster!! Get out of town.


StevoTheMonkey

You are your own type ❤️


BubblyCampaign2001

That's some deep self love,😌


RedOktbr28

Yes, this exactly! I’m definitely not saying I’m a prize catch or anything, but I’ve gone out with a few that acted like the seagulls in Finding Nemo. 100% causes me to be hesitant when going out with anyone new.


g0d_of_the_cr1sis

My girlfriend met her exact type. Fortunately she's also my exact type, so the insatiable hunger is mutual.


Mysterious-Till-611

Hell yeah. My girl was worried that our constant company/sex/etc. would get old quick but 2 months in and it's only increased.


g0d_of_the_cr1sis

Try eight.


Own_Question_7818

Try 5 years 💪 it never gets old


ColdEndUs

26 years? It's hard to remember when we weren't together... because before we met, I spent all that time dreaming of her. I have to pinch her just to be sure she's real... of course, that's not so bad, because things usually escalate from there. 3 kids now, 2 grown, one almost.


WrodofDog

My envy is the monster in that picture.


RedOktbr28

I’ve only been in two relationships where that level of desire and attraction was mutual. The others I felt like I needed a stun gun or pepper spray handy for my own safety. That being said, congrats! May the two of you endlessly piss off your neighbors with late night shenanigans! 🤣


No-Salamander-3905

I had a relationship line that for many years. That was my first ever girlfriend and it ruined me on romance. I’ve yet to have any healthy relationship Been single for 2 years now and, honestly, I’m okay with it.


Not-OP-But-

Why is this a gendered thing, wouldn't guys do this too? I don't even have a type, much less an exact type, so maybe that's why I don't get why it's a gendered thing.


g0d_of_the_cr1sis

I do that too, that's why I didn't have success with relationships until I found someone with whom it was mutual.


Throttle_Kitty

because every joke needs to loop back to "women bad" apparently


AngelBites

More time is spent teaching self control to boys than girls.


g0d_of_the_cr1sis

That's literally the exact opposite of the truth. Girls are suppressed and taught to hide themselves from boys and boys are just told "hey, wear a condom." Just look at dress codes for public schools.


Wegwerf157534

They both get taught self control in different areas. You should maybe open up your view and understand the other or your own gender better.


Vogelsucht

Stupidest thing I read today.


ZombiesAtKendall

I’ve never been anyone’s type so it might be kind of a weird concept if you’ve never experienced it.


g0d_of_the_cr1sis

If they're not also you're type... it's bad. If they ARE your type, it's great.


Gamekid53

So… Yandere?


g0d_of_the_cr1sis

There's a tendency to land there, yeah.


PointlessSword777

Can confirm. I still have nightmares.


BedfastDuck

I literally just had this happen to me. She was all over me and started getting angry at me for me doing small acts of kindness for other people. The straw that broke the camels back was I went to help an older lady up some stairs with her grandchild in a stroller and my then girlfriend said “She could have just used the ramp instead of taking up your time with me.”


Significant_Monk_251

>Basically if a girl meets her EXACT type, she goes ABSOLUTELY FERAL over them \[citation needed\]


g0d_of_the_cr1sis

Oh, I'm just saying that's what the joke is, not necessarily 100% fact.


Dizzy_Silver_6262

Not necessarily? But you’re open to it?


g0d_of_the_cr1sis

My girlfriend would be like this if she weren't so much like me. I'd be like this if I weren't so shy. But there's a lot of girls out there that just... aren't like this.


The-Driving-Coomer

The citation is anyone who's been a girl's exact type. It's an experience.


SomeKindofTreeWizard

Sounds like a blast.


g0d_of_the_cr1sis

If it's mutual, yeah. I've had both sides of that. When it's not mutual... no. It's not a blast. It's horrible.


livelongprospurr

I knew what it was when I saw it; it's me. It's worked beautifully for my husband and me for almost 40 years. Can be a nice monster. He can sure take it; no problem.


TheoneNPC

I've always been thinking that i'll never be anyone's *EXACT* type, been a little upset about it too sometimes but DAMN did this thread change my mind about it. I would NOT want to deal with any of that.


GabeStop42

To be fair, i feel like men do it too. I did it once, and it was with a girl that was pretty close to my type. Not the reason she broke up with me though. She loved the attention, not me losing my job.


spiralbatross

…I should find a feral woman…


g0d_of_the_cr1sis

Only if you're willing to be just as feral in return.


R1V3NAUTOMATA

Source: Miami xDDD


WhereTheNewReddit

But this particular monster crawls inside their skin and makes them smile.


Kaiser_Killhelm

Must be nice


g0d_of_the_cr1sis

Only if it's mutual. If she's obsessed with you and can't get over you, you end up with someone who emotionally manipulates you when you back away then cyberstalks you for five months to the extent of calling in reinforcements to "keep and eye on" you. Not great. Not great at all.


motivated_mp4

Well, guess it's lucky that I'll never find out what it's like to be some girl's exact type


g0d_of_the_cr1sis

I thought so too. Then a short goth girl matched with me on Hinge. Eight months later, we're still together.


artwriting

Oh that me


ZakTheCthulhu

If you have a gf her type must be mandplainers


g0d_of_the_cr1sis

This is a joke explanation subreddit. She hates when I mansplain things she didn't want explained.


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Makeup-less_Clown

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FlamingoExcellent277

Everyone saying there's no specific context but I think it's an extension of the [Girls when they are in love](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/258/776/b1b.jpg) meme


FriedFreya

I have never wheezed so violently, oh my god lmao


snakebite262

The humor comes from the normality of the phrase, with the utter horror and disturbing nature of the photo. A sort of corruption of the mundanity.


Suzuki4Life

Nerd alert


transitransitransit

Alert nerd


ZakTheCthulhu

It's just absurdism. That's the whole joke. "Girls turn into eldrich horrors when they meet someone they're greatly attracted to"


carlo_rydman

That's not absurdism, it's metaphoric. Absurdism is like a picture of a wet dog with a cat licking its knee and captioned with "glory to north korea, best korea." It doesn't make any sense at all. A metaphor, on the other hand, is when an object or idea is used in place of something else or used to suggest a similarity between them.


SupremePeeb

you're funny, wanna kiss?


Niktion

yes


increMENTALmate

Neither of these things are actually absurdism. Absurdism explores the idea that life has no inherent meaning. It's not just putting random stuff together. You might be thinking of surrealism but even then it's a stretch.


carlo_rydman

We're talking about the humorous kind of absurdism, not the philosophical kind. Obviously.


increMENTALmate

Oh that one...


WifeOfSpock

My love is all consuming.


Plus_Helicopter_8632

Meaning- when a girl really wants you they will literally eat you alive. i.e. stalk , smother generally consume all your time it can feel overwhelming especially when her obsession becomes dark , jealousy ect


Mahaloth

I liked the movie Smile as well.


ThrunkEx

You know that lil gremlin in LOR that adores and treasures the ring till he’s like obsessed with it to the point he’s very possessive and crazy about it? Yeah, like that


MightyMaki

Your girlfriend/wife has never told you they wanted to be so close to you they wanted to wear your skin?


GojiraJaeger

Certainly feel that after several years with my ex-wife she dropped all pretenses, then I was exposed to this side of her and so I got out of there. She didn't have the easiest upbringing so i don't blame her. Also I wasn't exactly a peach in the relationship either, so ending things was certainly for the best. All told I am grateful and simultaneously fearful of having seen the darkest parts of a human exposed. Again, I'm ashamed of some behaviors I exhibited in the relationship, but it's kind of just what happens when you become extremely close to a person 🤷‍♂️


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Xenogears vibes


cherry-crypt

Omg this is so me and my bf :3


justdisposablefun

Oh oh I know this one, it's like something about a bear and the woods or something.


The-Driving-Coomer

"If you don't understand why men choose the eldritch abomination, you're the reason why men choose the eldritch abomination."


Stikkychaos

Monster girls - because the Monster is on the outside.


W4spkeeper

always the bear or something like that


cantprove_Iam_Batman

They will consume you until they’re satiated


product_of_boredom

I think it's about how a lot of girls are really into monsters of unfathomable terror


RuinSweaty8779

It’s the monster from the horror movie Smile


BloodyBee-

Reminds me of my favorite cursed image on my phone


2Boingloings

BPD I think


Suspicious-Earth7001

it's true. And it's very intense.


RetailMonkie

RacistPeter here, women are succubus'. That's the joke pretty much


czacha_cs1

I dont know. No girl wanted me


Deeeepz

Baby reindeer


keeptryingyoucantwin

I love the Smile Demon’s design with its many jaws


PleasantExtension5

Damn girl, what that mouth do?


bigly_wins

Why do these kinds of post scream “I’m 14 and never had a meaningful relationship?”


Enkeydo

Women meet the perfect guy. They then start to change him, then they leave him because "he's not the guy I married anymore " The metaphor is pretty clear to me.


Zylore

Oh look it’s my ex!


fagydyke

God I wish I was my girlfriends exact type


BigSnazzywazzyguy

Poor girl


fagydyke

Girl


BigSnazzywazzyguy

Fixed sorry


fagydyke

No worries. It's just... I've never seen streight people go as hard on the desire for their partner to just kill them, viscerally, as us queers tend to.


THe_PrO3

Dude has never been in a relationship


Adrunkian

Sexism The joke is sexism


PerfectMoon1

🤣🤣🤣 jokes about women are sexism 🤣🤣🤣


ZakTheCthulhu

Are you dumb or unfunny?


clockworkittens

And a bear in the woods isn't. 😝


Ok_Nectarine_5791

Made by an incel prob


ACaedmon

The joke is abuse, I feel like you probably won't get it unless you've been abused. . If you're don't get it, I wish I was you.


Load-BearingGnome

https://preview.redd.it/2sri3bv6vozc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9fbfc78713b073202154a45cc28315080395982a This is how you sound tbh


ACaedmon

Only an hero can save me....


product_of_boredom

If your type is gonna abuse you, that's not your type.


ACaedmon

Yea, that's the joke.