Goth
Less a horror movie and more of a character study / kinda darkly sweet YA romance between a traumatized girl and a psychopath boy. And if that isn’t just the most true depiction of gender differences in regards to obsessions with horror, death, and the like to the degree that it was ultimately frustrating. This little twink is like every other boy I’ve met in my life who thought he was interesting and dark because he liked looking at dead bodies or extreme splatter movies, and surprise surprise they come from very happy, supportive, and well to do households - and carry this smug air of “I’m different, I’m weird, I’m not like the other kids” and like psh bitch please Ive experienced shit that would make you piss yourself crying.
Anyway…
The last ten minutes kinda pull the rug a few different ways which made me bump this up a star - up until then it was a very vibey movie but seemed a little too languid and inconsistent to sell it fully. If I’d seen this in my goth middle school years I’d have been obsessed. 823