PetalResident

PetalResident

Oct 19, 2026

the zombie makeup is genuinely snazzy and vivica a. fox deserved a better farmhouse to be stuck in than this

PetalResident

Oct 8, 2026

everyone warned me this was the weak link of the m3gan stuff and i watched it on hulu in my pajamas fully expecting to half-pay attention and then lily sullivan does that lovefool karaoke thing and i had to sit up. she is doing SO much, this weird husky stiff thing where she's figuring out how to be a person in real time, dancing in the rain, wandering a farmers market like she just got born. i get the companion comparisons and sure it doesn't reinvent anything but i don't care, i was locked in. paused it twice just to text my friend about her. i expected disposable and got a little obsessed instead

PetalResident

Sep 26, 2026

paused it a bunch just to sit with those opening credits, all the fake in-universe merch and the nightswimming cover playing over it, i wasn't ready. gillian anderson doing the victory rolls and being catty at hannah einbinder is doing something to me i will not be unpacking here. i went in bracing for the schoenbrun thing where it's all vibe and no pulse and instead it's horny and funny and mean and the candy is EVERYWHERE like it's part of the walls. one of those movies i know is built beautifully but also feel a little insane admitting how much fun i had. saw it in a half full theater and the guy behind me kept laughing at the wrong parts and honestly i get it, this thing keeps yanking you between scared and turned on so fast you don't know where to put your face

PetalResident

Sep 24, 2026

inde navarrette flipping from normal nikki to obsessed nikki with just her SHOULDERS should be illegal

PetalResident

Sep 14, 2026

the zombies carrying each other on their backs made the whole theater grunt in unison and honestly that IS the collective intelligence thing working on us

PetalResident

Aug 9, 2026

the nail clipper scene made my entire theater fold in on itself, i have new fears now that i didn't consent to

PetalResident

Aug 8, 2026

okay so the bell. the BELL. i clicked my heels together every time it went off and i still cannot tell you why a little ding turned my whole nervous system into wet paper. that fake kids tv show bit lives in my skull now rent free. but here's my thing, everyone's out here calling this the second coming and it's just... a really solid haunted hotel movie? adam scott is doing real work and the inn looks like it hasn't been touched since 1974 in the best way, but it kept slowing down right when i wanted it to grab me by the throat. i wanted to be destroyed and instead i was just very pleasantly spooked. still good. still going to think about that suite for a week

PetalResident

Jul 4, 2026

the karaoke song about being white lives in my head now but the body horror shows up like it's already late for its own party

PetalResident

Jun 20, 2026

the reaper jaw splitting open into three pieces lives rent free in my skull, del toro you sick freak

PetalResident

Jun 10, 2026

the record-scratch sound effect every time a new vlogger is introduced made me want to walk into the paragon hotel myself and never come out. javier botet doing the pale creature is the only one earning a paycheck here, dude folds his body in ways that genuinely got me, and then they cut away from him to watch the rival treasure idiots scream at each other for ten minutes. this is The Descent if everyone in The Descent had a ring light. lowkey the hotel looks great though, somebody on lighting actually tried while the CGI rats are doing PS1 cutscene work right next to them