The only thing scarier than middle school?
Being a tween means having no autonomy or power over one’s life.
This helplessness opens the door for juicy tales of horror and drama.
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Blood and guts are an easy shorthand to communicate how miserable being a teenie bopper can be.
In 2012,Scott SchirmeradaptedTodd Rigney’s novel,Found.
No,the darkness torturing Marty is the secret that he knows that his brother is a serial killer.
This is the Scariest Part of Found
There is no better hook to a movie thanFounds.
Told to the audience through a voice-over, Marty matter-of-factly shares his big secret with the viewer.
His older brother, Steve (Ethan Philbeck), is a serial killer.
The driving force behind killer plots is usually the question of Who?"
but Schirmer is instead asking, “Why?
If only you could renovate the ghost out of the haunted house.
It would have been easy for Schirmer to portray Steve as a flat, monstrous character.
Instead, he is recognizable as an older brother.
He takes cheap shots at Marty, but also attempts to advise and shield him.
New shows like Netflix sensation,Adolescence,interrogate the cognitive dissonanceof how a child can commit such violence.
Marty is experiencing much of what Steve has.
They have the same home life, allusions are made to a similar hard time in school.
The only difference is that Steve didn’t grow up with a serial killer in the house.
A humble tale,Schirmers project is the definition ofa small indie movie.
Despite the tight purse strings,Foundpacks a real punch.
Coming-of-age narratives are often the best horror has to offer.
Few people remember middle school with rose-colored glasses.
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