Reviews

Tropes tropes tropes! Holy tropes! There are so many tropes in this movie, but I ate it up like candy. Like the cover art of the movie shows, one of the most classic shots in horror movies is the basement shot. The character is seen at the frame of the door, looking down into the dark basement in trepidation. And of course, the character is always going to venture further! This movie does this not once, nor twice, but three times! It was fairly nauseating, like indulging in some candy, but they just kept venturing further down the basements of this house. And the further the characters ventured on, the more I was lured into the suspense of the movie. I kinda loved it, but like eating candy, at some point I had had enough. I swear, they did the trope of someone dropping a flashlight/weapon four or five separate times and the ending was a little unsatisfying, like I had a stomach ache from eating too much candy. I wish they expanded a little more on the backstory of the father and monster too, but I guess somethings are better left untouched, like an Almond Joy. But enough of the critiques! Let's get to the sweet parts!

The suspense that builds at the beginning of the movie between Bill Skarsgard and Georgina Campbell is incredible. To get the guy who played It the Clown to play an actual good guy in this movie is genius! And Justin Long's character is so hilarious, the tropes he's fated to commit are still satisfyingly digestible when he eventually succumbs to them. I know I'm going to revisit this movie when I get a craving for it, dare I say, like a candy craving. But enough of the jokes! This movie is a thrill ride, that I'd recommend to any who's a fan of this genre or even potential new fans who are curious to step into that dark basement. Now let's eat some candy!