I've watched this movie and Skinamarink in two nights and should admit that Heck is much better at creating an atmosphere of fear and terror.
In Heck we see a scared child in complete loneliness, who tries to do the best he can to find his mum, while children in Skinamarink are difficult to empathize with, cause no emotional component is there.
Scares in Heck are much stronger and deeper than in Skinamarink, cause in Skinamarink it's just pretty standard jumpscares, and in Heck we can feel existential visceral fear for the child, because the dialogue and the actions are incredibly well delivering child's dread and helplessness.
I think, Kyle Edward Ball was very inspired by the works of David Lynch. That poorly visible space and objects, using of sound to create an unsettling atmosphere, frightening abstractions that hide a dark meaning (which everyone can understand in their own way) remind me of some not-so-famous, but powerful Lynch's works, such as Absurda, Darkened Room, The 3 Rs and of course Inland Empire.
I should say that Heck is really crushed me. It was disturbing, deeply sad and terryfying in the most incredible way.
I would love to see this kind of emotional component in next Ball's pictures.
Thank you very much for this work.
