The Killgrin

The post-millennial generations' self-absorbed obsession with trauma has birthed a million of these. This one takes an interesting approach by being super on-the-nose... it's so blatantly silly that it's probably intentional. When it's leaning into the silliness it works and provides some surprisingly witty dialogue, but when it tries to take itself seriously the embarrassing thinness of the premise is impossible to miss. Very little happens. It's just a monster that's a metaphor for trauma, there is nothing else here. It also feels like a dramatization of what it must be like to live inside a middle class white woman's head. Make of that what you will.

This one's a slow crawl into something really weird. At first I was like... is this grief drama? A ghost story? Serial killer? No idea. But it definitely hooked me.

Not a lot of jump scares or action - it's mainly mood. Creepy silence, an off uncanny vibe, and a kind of tension that never fully lets up... I enjoyed the last 10 minutes - goes full chaos and it works really well.

PFX and creature design were absolutely fantastic as well.

Surprisingly good comedy in a few spots too. I wish they leaned into that side a bit more - those moments were very strong.

Overall, enjoyed it a lot. If you don't mind slower pacing and like a creepy monster, I'd check it out.