But what happens when a horror movie adopts certain aesthetics of a comfort movie?
Can a work of horror feel warm and cozy while also exploring macabre ideas and showing unpleasant sights?
As it turns out, yes.
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Theres an atmosphere here, inHouse, thats potentially comforting if your brain is wired a certain way.
Also, a few are so stylistic that the scariness inherent in them can be somewhat undermined.
That mileage of yours is being varied again.
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They go to a hotel during the offseason so the father can be a caretaker and get writing done.
You get all the warmth of a Christmas movie and all the carnage of a comedy/horror flick.
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