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My only complaint was that it was sold to me as a horror. It’s horror in the same way Army of Darkness is a horror movie.
I thought it was a great horror film. There's enough there to be spooky but it's not over the top with jump scares and other genre specific tropes.
It’s not what I’m looking for when I go to a horror movie. There’s a few jump scares, but that’s mostly in dreams, which I don’t count.
It is pretty unique. I'm not a huge horror fan in general though so it was right up my alley.
Agreed it was more of a Thriller to me. I guess it could be labele d as a horror thriller.
I was horrified
It's significantly less silly. I think it walked the line perfectly because it set the vibe and then subverted it quickly and intentionally. Armies of Darkness plays as comedy from the start, while weapons is brilliant pastiche.
Yeah, agreed. I was just trying to think of horror that isn’t scary. Weapons was a lot of fun. Unlike something like The Ring, which scared me to death.
See, I have never really thought any horror movie has actually been scary. Spooky, sure but the ones that take themselves too seriously just feel try hard, as I struggle to suspend disbelief sufficiently to be properly scared. I love movies like weapons specifically because of how it validates that instinct. The scariest things about this world are often also ridiculous or absurd, so movies which manage to capture the intersection of that conflict really hit home for me.
I don’t generally get scared, but there have been a few that have genuinely scared me.
The Conjuring, The Ring, Sinister, The Descent and Paranormal Activity are all the movies that have genuinely scared me. Outside of Sinister, I’m not sure any of those would scare me a second time.
I wasn't sure that I wanted to watch this but now I definitely want to watch this
There’s a few jump scares. Other than that it is a lot of fun! Very well made also.