We're All Going to the World's Fair

The inspiration from the "weird" corner of YouTube is present from the first scene and remains throughout the entire movie, intercepted only by the short glimpses into the depressing lives of content creators.

How far would you go for the attention of your viewers? In which ways does this attention harm young and volatile? What poses a more serious threat - creepy guys watching you online or your own loneliness that pushed you into this mess?

While on a certain level, it does manage to successfully illustrate the vulnerability and mental health issues in teens, it completely fails as a horror movie.

The part of the problem is that it brings nothing new into YouTube horror lore. The final result completely relies on the overused tropes of YouTube's "dark" corner.

It would've worked better as drama about the mental health risks in teens oversharing on social media, but that would require much more serious exploration of the broader context.

The opening scene in 'We're All Going to the World's Fair' was very strange. I thought to myself, that's fine if that's how you want to set the stage for your film. Then the next scene was equally strange, and then the next as well - and I realised I was just in for a strange film overall. I didn't love this one.

There was a point where I thought the film was setting itself up to be an abstract version of 'Paranormal Activity'. I would've been okay with that. That wasn't the path it was ultimately choosing to go down however. The problem was I don't know what the path it was going down was. I simply didn't understand the film on the first watch. Or maybe I'm overthinking it and it's just as simple as it seems. If so, why was it worthy of making a film about?

The film isn't long at least. It would be hard to argue it outstays its welcome. It didn't work for me though and will be gone from my memory by this time tomorrow. 5/10.

Films are a subjective medium, therefore the interpretations can vary depending on who is watching and what kind of background they are coming from. I had read reviews from other critics suggesting that this might be a direct reference to creepypasta obsession or a general tendency of the naive youth who incline toward such supernatural happenings.

While I do not completely refute this set of statements, yet, with all due respect, I beg to differ. The film doesn't reflect any single obsession towards a particular subject, there's a broader thing at play, it is about this relentless infatuation with finding relevancy on the internet, finding comfort, or finding much-needed solace in the virtual space.

The narrative won't carry much weight for the people who hadn't experienced true loneliness, who hadn't had to endure the extreme ends of existential dread, who didn't suffer from any sort of depression, anxiety, or had to deal with a suicidal mindset, very rarely I say this but I will be much happier if you aren't able to relate.

To those who could, this message is for you...

I know life is hard, it's difficult dealing with the pain, at times it becomes intolerable, this pain becomes so excruciating that we often think of letting it all go, to disappear, I know, I had gone through that phase. To whoever reading this, just be aware that you are not alone in this battle, there are millions of people around the globe like you, trying to find their own places, their own identities. I just want you to hang on, keep going, keep fighting, trust me, you can overcome it, I know you will, till that day arrives, don't give up.

I can appreciate the work that has gone into making the movie and production wise i'd say it's a good movie for being a low budget film, but it's definitely not my cup of tea.

It was very slow and I expected more from it. A lot of scenes took forever, like the moment when we're watching ASMR for about 3 minutes. Don't know I feel about that one either, if it's a brilliant choice for a horror movie or not. It is probably the only original thing in the movie I'd say.

IDK, it get points for trying and some people might like/love the movie, I just didn't.

This is not a bad movie, it's just marketed to the wrong people. At no point is this movie actually scary, or even thrilling. It's a cerebral, artsy drama, with coming of age elements. There are a few times where it's pretty clear what's about to happen, not much of it is terribly interesting though. Will I watch it again? No. Is the screenshot on HBO misleading? I would say so. I think the main thing is that the characters are lonely, and it shapes the movie. Being a teenager is hard, especially when you're constantly alone, like our main character, Casey. Then, when most attention you get is coming from a random stranger on the internet? That thought is scarier than the movie, lol.