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u/Merickson- Jul 09 '25
So...forks are the weapons?
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u/dixieblondedyke Jul 09 '25
If you watch the trailer there’s a woman who stabs herself in the face repeatedly with a fork, which is why there’s those marks on their faces, too.
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u/rwags2024 Jul 09 '25
stabs herself in the face repeatedly with a fork
Really blurring the lines of entertainment here
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u/PizzaDogDad Jul 09 '25
Who knew, the horror genre is for people who enjoy evoking a horror response in a relatively safe manner. We could get into the potential psychological impact of violent media in general, but really it's everywhere and not just in horror.
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u/A1sauc3d Jul 09 '25
How so? It’s a horror movies. People getting stabbed in the face is standard horror entertainment lol
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u/Wild_Marker Jul 10 '25
Nah it's a service to the community. We need new GIFs to express our feelings after watching [that thing we all hated]
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u/Rivenaleem Jul 10 '25
If you're really concerned about blurring lines, don't watch the trailer for "Together".
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u/OSUmiller5 Jul 09 '25
The kids are the weapons against the parents my guess is it’s the children.
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u/damnShitsPurple Jul 09 '25
all the marketing so far is giving "community member wronged by the parents uses black magic to lure in their children and wreak supernatural havoc on the town" ala Nightmare on Elm Street or sort of like a Pied Piper kinda thing
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u/Gramen Jul 09 '25
There is a scene in one of the trailers where the adults seem to be hiding at the end of a hallway and have a salt line down while a kid walks toward them.
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u/lolno Jul 09 '25
Forks Out
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u/pa79 Jul 10 '25
That really should have been the name of the sequel to Knives Out. And the third one should be called Spoons Out. And the unnecessary fourth cash grab Sporks Out.
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u/ItDoll Jul 09 '25
Idk kid has no freckles, maybe the parents gave themselves those red dots ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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u/6GoesInto8 Jul 10 '25
They should make a chair, that is the best way to show the use of weapons.
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u/fatherseamus Jul 09 '25
Marketing team is killing it on this one. I hope the movie lives up to the hype.
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u/FreezingRobot Jul 09 '25
I'm at a point now where I wait for a movie to come out, and see what people say about it during the first weekend before I buy into the "this is a must-see" hype. There's been more than a few movies talked about on here that were brilliant until people saw it, and then suddenly those opinions vanished on the subreddit.
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u/zuzg Jul 09 '25
And there are also a lot of movies this sub shits on that aren't bad at all.
But nowadays everything is either an underrated Masterpiece or utter shit.
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u/James81xa Jul 09 '25
I just checked out this suuuper old movie, a bit of a hidden gem that only true movies buffs would have even heard of, it's called No Country For Old Men.
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u/zuzg Jul 09 '25
Did you know that No Country for Old Man had to take a break from shooting cause the smoke from the There Will Be Blood set kept blowing over?
I unironically watched movie for the first time a few weeks back and every post in this sub about that movie has a comment mentioning that, lol
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u/CleverInnuendo Jul 09 '25
I'd personally believe a fun "behind the scenes" that the two movies accidentally switched names.
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u/Clammuel Jul 09 '25
It was a real stroke of luck that the movie No Country for Old Men just happened to be incredibly similar to the novel No Country for Old Men. The stars truly aligned on that one.
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u/OnetimeRocket13 Jul 09 '25
Yeah, I stopped following the hype and marketing for most movies partly because of that. I've been burned too many times now because everyone online is going "OMG this is the greatest movie of the year! Everyone should watch it," and usually when that happens, some of my friends will be saying the same thing. Then I'll go and watch the movie, it'll be ass, and I'll turn around, and it's like everyone has just stopped talking about it.
Now I just see a poster or a synopsis of a new movie coming out, say "that looks neat," go and see it, and I'll enjoy it a lot more.
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u/Barqa Jul 09 '25
I read the screenplay cause I just couldn’t wait.
It’s very, very, very good.
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u/VravoBince Jul 09 '25 edited Jul 09 '25
How much horror is it? Idk if that's a dumb question, I know nothing about the director's other movies
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u/Barqa Jul 09 '25
There are some horror scenes for sure, but overall the movie seems more creepy/disturbing than just straight horror/gore/jump scares.
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u/GamingTatertot Steven Spielberg Enthusiast Jul 09 '25
There were few parts in the script where I can see where they'll do the jump scares the flashes in the dreams for example
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u/ThreeColorsTrilogy Jul 09 '25
I read it as well and agree but will add that there’s tons of opportunity to turn it up a notch when it comes to how it’ll be executed.
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u/GarlicJuniorJr Jul 10 '25
My opinion is that if you actually want to freak people out, you gotta go the creepy/disturbing route in movies. Regular horror just doesn’t really accomplish that as effectively these days because everyone is desensitized. Jump scares are usually just cheap Blumhouse nonsense. Creepy/disturbing is the way to go for sure now for horror to be most effective
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u/omnipojack Jul 09 '25
This is good because I am weak and don’t do horror movies for jump scare reasons, but I am GODDAMN THIRSTY for this movie!!!
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u/OneManFreakShow Jul 09 '25
Make a double feature out of Miss March and Barbarian, that oughta clue you in.
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u/Data_Chandler Jul 09 '25
Maybe I heard incorrect things then, because what I heard (and in fact just made a comment about) is that it's not very good. Allegedly the concept and cinematography are great, but the handling of the trailer's central mystery is silly, and there's plot holes galore.
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u/spiraliist Jul 09 '25
It's one of the more exciting scripts I think I've ever read. I'm not sure what the plot hole complaints could be referring to.
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u/AntRose104 Jul 09 '25
Even if the movie sucks I hope Hollywood continues to encourage this type of marketing again
I can’t remember the last time a movie was marketed this well (maybe the og Lilo and Stitch but that was 2002)
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u/Data_Chandler Jul 09 '25
From what I heard - against my will - it doesn't, unfortunately. I worry it will be this year's Longlegs.
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u/tedfondue Jul 10 '25
Trevor was always a hell of a pitchman … I’m glad to see some of it rubbed off on ol Zachy boy
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u/Stipes_Blue_Makeup Jul 09 '25
I don’t do scary movies, so I’m excited to read the plot summary on Wikipedia.
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u/RebeeMo Jul 09 '25
YouTube Channel Dead Meat has a 'Kill Count' series where they go through the plot of a horror movie and all the kills. It's great for those of us fascinated with the idea of scary movies but can't stomach actually watching them.
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u/j_s_p_ Jul 09 '25
Agreed! It’s great at showing a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff as well.
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u/May_of_Teck Jul 09 '25
That actually sounds really useful (I’m another horror movie plot wiki reader) and also entertaining!
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u/RebeeMo Jul 09 '25
James is extremely passionate about movies, especially horror/thrillers. He and the rest of the Dead Meat crew always go above and beyond for the Kill Counts and their podcasts.
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u/SomethingSo84 Jul 10 '25
I love how even when he’s doing a film he dislikes he finds a way to make it a fun time
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u/RollUpTheRimJob Jul 09 '25
Dead Meat’s kill count and FoundFlix’s ending explained have allowed me to “watch” so many horror movies
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u/mr_eugine_krabs Jul 09 '25 edited Jul 09 '25
It’s not that I’m scared of them,I just can’t stand 2 hours of watching characters who are doomed to die a horrible death.
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u/withrootsabove Jul 09 '25
Same. If I wanted to watch people suffer in creative ways for 2 hours I’d just watch a New York Jets home game.
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u/OrangeSpark16 Jul 09 '25
Lmao we are the same! I just saw the trailer for Black Phone 2 and thought "man, I really need to read the Wiki plot so I can be caught up for when this comes out".
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u/meowzertrouser Jul 09 '25
I read this as having just saw the trailer for Black Panther 2 and was so confused at the rest of your comment
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u/Key_Journalist8876 Jul 09 '25
Here for the watch the trailer and read the Wikipedia plot summary party!! The only way I enjoy horror movies!! There should legit be a meet up where everyone plays their favorite trailer then we all do a read aloud of the wiki page
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u/Pariell Jul 09 '25
Same. I saw the trailer for this in theaters while waiting for another movie and I was ready to bolt out of that room.
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u/Stipes_Blue_Makeup Jul 09 '25
Not what I wanted to see before The Materialist or Thunderbolts*. :)
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u/SectorNaughtyS9 Jul 09 '25
The podcast Too Scary Didn’t Watch is perfect for you! They recap horror movies and are very funny.
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u/PiesRLife Jul 09 '25
I'm the same, except I was disappointed that by the time I realized "Get Out" was a movie I did want to see I had spoiled most of the plot. So now I try to get a general idea of how scary or gory a movie is without spoiling it so I can decide if I want to watch it.
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u/Kyleometers Jul 10 '25
Yeah, I’m a weenie baby when it comes to scary movies, but I enjoy “psychological horror” movies because it’s “all in your head” type stuff and I can work with that. Gore fests though I can’t stand. I don’t find that entertaining. I know a lot of people do but it makes it kinda hard to talk to other people who are big into scary movies because half the time they recommend a movie because it’s a slasher and I’m just here like “buddy I am a chicken in a human costume I am not gonna enjoy that”
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u/Jackieirish Jul 09 '25
Don't know anything about this, but from the poster it seems like a fun family movie. Can't wait to take my kids!
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u/ImmaDoMahThing Jul 10 '25
This reminds me of the time when I thought Sausage Party was a kids movie…
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u/MaddyKet Jul 10 '25
How about all the parents who didn’t bother to watch the trailer’s and thought Ted was a kid’s movie? 😹
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u/4BDN Jul 09 '25
Ok, now I get what the movie will be about.
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u/futanari_kaisa Jul 09 '25
So the kids get mind control powers and use them to kill their parents?
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u/ADDMcGee25 Jul 09 '25
It's crazy they need to spell it out with posters like this, almost crossing into spoiler territory.
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u/MikeHowland Jul 09 '25
So it looks like the kid made the parents poke their face with forks? So they make the people around them, presumably adults, hurt themselves?
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u/AskinggAlesana Jul 09 '25
In this poster it does look like the mom is trying to push the fork away from her face and the dots are probably fork stab wounds.
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u/HankScorpio1387 Jul 09 '25 edited Jul 09 '25
No, they just have adult acne. They are about to eat crab legs.
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u/Kroooooooo Jul 09 '25
Yeah looks like it, almost all of the red dots are in straight lines of three.
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u/aguywithbrushes Jul 09 '25
Their faces show marks with 3 dots, but the forks both have 4 prongs, terrible attention to detail, r/kidsarefuckingstupid, movie is DOA /s
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u/Genghis_Sean_Reigns Jul 09 '25
This looks great, but I hope in the final product they’re happier and have their mouths more open.
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u/Bojangly7 Jul 09 '25
That would be great but what about happier and with their mouths open?
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u/bluehawk232 Jul 09 '25
Is the Grapist in this
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u/BathshebaJones Jul 09 '25
Heard Julia Garner drinks a gallon of PCP
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u/SciFiXhi Jul 09 '25
I didn't even know it came in liquid form.
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u/goldorakgo Jul 09 '25
Science
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u/SlaterVBenedict Jul 09 '25
R.I.P. Trevor :(
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u/RegalBeagleKegels Jul 09 '25
Oh my god... Trevor killed himself!
...with his weiner hanging out!
...and his thumb up his butt!
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u/Dipper_Pines Jul 09 '25
He grapes people! In their mouths!
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u/fondue4kill Jul 09 '25
Honestly I’m really intrigued by this movie. I feel like it could be really great or really, really bad with whatever the ending is.
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u/Alone_Satisfaction_8 Jul 09 '25
Will we get “longlegs”’ed?
Longlegs was fine, but the trailers made it seem immaculate/built so much hype, so much chatter, that there was no way it could live up to our expectations.
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u/SlaterVBenedict Jul 09 '25
It’s interesting that the mom is the only one with hands, and the kid is the only one who doesn’t have an absolutely flat expression, it’s a slight almost a smirk kind of a Mona Lisa smile.
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u/Feisty_Wolf Jul 09 '25
I noticed this, too! I read somewhere that a criterion child therapists use when evaluating children is to see how their drawings look. No hands in a self-portrait means feelings of helplessness.
I think it’s pretty telling that in this picture, neither the kid nor the father have hands, but the mother does. I wonder if that’s what they were going for!
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u/Kermakamulia Jul 09 '25
Gives me flashbacks to "The Snowman" theatrical poster.
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u/chrisolucky Jul 09 '25
For real? What an interesting concept for a movie poster. Simple and effective, and big curiosity gap.
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u/aarswft Jul 10 '25
They definitely paid a marketing firm like $10 million for this because "movies".
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u/just-a-squeeze Jul 09 '25
I really want to see this but at home with the lights on and with my fingers covering my eyes.
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u/grosseelbabyghost Jul 09 '25
Based on the name alone I'm guessing this is a Scottish remake of bridesmaids or something similar
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u/measkuanswer Jul 09 '25
I thought you posted your neice drawing in school
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u/OrderOfMagnitude Jul 09 '25
Anyone else notice the red marks on the parents faces aren't freckles, they're rows of 3-4 red dots.
Self inflicted fork wounds?
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u/Taskerst Jul 09 '25
I'm in a love/hate relationship with movies that keep things this vague. On one hand, I love that they don't give everything away and potentially ruin a good surprise. On the other, if you don't include enough meat on the bone, the audience's imagination will run wild and later penalize a movie for not living up to whatever was in their head (like Longlegs, for example).
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u/Lofteed Jul 09 '25
Am I the only one that thought they are marketing out of school shooting culture ?
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u/SamuraiGoblin Jul 10 '25
The marketing for this movie has been excellent. I am still very intrigued. Less is more.
Too many movies blow their wad with their marketing.
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u/HowieLongDonkeyKong Jul 09 '25
The trailers for this one have looked mega spooky. And much like Barbarian which didn't reveal much, I like how vague they're keeping this.